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How TO See New York 



ITS ENVIRONS. 



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CONTENTS. 



Academy of Music 63 

Advice to Straugers 2U 

Anuisemeut, Places of 99 

Apollo Rooms 55 

Approaches to the City 29 

Approach from the Sea 29 

Art Galleries 92 

As tor Place Library 59. 60 

Asylums and Homes 107 

Bank of New York 43 

Battery in 1656, 17iG, 1876 32, 33, Si 

Bay and Harbor of N. Y 30 

Bay Side 81 

Bedloe's Island 33 

Benefit and Secret Societies lOi 

Bennett Building 46 

Bible House 60 

Blackwell's Island . . 81 

Booth's Theatre 64 

Bowery 72 

Bowery Theatre 73 

Bowling Green 36 

Bridge Street 36 

Broad Street 11, 14, 42 

Broadway 37 

Broadway Theatre 55 

Broadway House 57, 58 

Brooklyn and Erie Basins 33 

Brooklyn City 82 

Bull's Head, Bowery 73 

Canal Street 57 

Carlton, Sir Guy 34 

Carriages 98 

Castle Garden 35 

Cemeteries 108 

Central Park 77 

Chatham St. and the Bowery 70 

Church of the Transfiguration 67 

Churches, Principal 87 

City Hall 6 

City Prison 72 

City Railroad Routes 86 

City Hall Park. 50,52 

Clinton, Sir Henry 38 

Coal and Iron Exchange 38 

Collect Pond 71 

College of Physicians, N. Y 66 

Colleges in New York 103 

Collegiate Reformed Church 69 

Commercial Advertiser 46 

Common, The 50 

Coney Island 81 

Consuls, Foreign 106 

Cotton Exchange 42 

County Court House 52 

Cunningham, Captain 50 

Custom House 42 

Declaration of Independence 51 

De Lancey Mansion 41 

Dispensaries 104 



Distances in the City 106 

Distributing Reservoir 68 

Docks and Slips, Along the 75 

Drexel Building 41 



Elevated Railroad 

Ellis Island 

Equitable Life Ins. Building. 

Evening Post Building 

Everett Hotel 

Execution of a Negro 

Exchange Place 



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. 45 
. 46 
. 62 
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.'. 43 

Federal Hall in 1789 40 

Ferries 102 

Fields, The 50, 51 

Fifth Avenue 66 

Fifth Avenue Theatre 67 

Fire Island 81 

Fishing Banks 81 

Five Points 72 

Florence's Hotel 56 

Fly Market 44 

Forks, The 61 

Fort George 32 

Forts Tompkins and Richmond 32 

Forts Lafayette and Hamilton 33 

Fraunces Tavern •Al 

Franklin Square 70 

Fresh Water Pond 53, 71 

Fulton Street 45 

Gallow's Hill 53 

Garden Street 43 

General Inlormation 85 

Germania Theatre 63 

Governor's Island 33 

Gowanus Bay 33 

Grace Church 61 

Grand Central Depot 68 

Grand Opera House 65 

Gravesend Bay 33 

Greenwood Cemetery 33, 84 

Hall of Records 50, 51 

Halls of Justice 72 

Hanover Square 42 

Harper Brothers 70 

Herald Building 46 

Highlands of New Jersey 81 

Hippodrome 64 

Hoffman House 64 

Hospitals 103 

Hotels, Principal 100 

Irving Hall 63 

Jewish Synagogue, Tern. Emanuel. . . 69 

Keyport 81 

Kill Von Kull 33 

Kolch-hook Pond 71 

Kruger, Martin 38 

Lenox Library 69 



CONTEXTS. 



Liberty Boj'S 51 

Libraries 101 

Lincoln Statue, Union Square 03 

Long Branch 81 

Lyceum Tlieatre 63 

Madison Avenue Church 64 

Madison Square and Vicinity 6i 

Maiden Lane 44 

Manhattan Isl.— Past and Present. . . 27 
Manhattan Island at the Discovery. . 31 

Marine Savings Bank 42 

Markets, Public 98 

Masonic Hall 54 

Masonic Temple 64, 65 

Mercantile Library 60 

Metropolitan Museum of Art 63 

Metropolitan Hotel 59 

Methodist Book Concern 61 

Middle Dutch Church 44 

Mutual Lite Insurance 45 

Narrows 32 

Nassau Street 44 

National Academy of Design 65 

Negro Burying Ground 54 

Neversink Highlands 31 

New Amsterdam in 1650 32 

New York from its Discovery 9 

New Jail 30 

New Court House 53 

New York from its Discover j' 9 

New York Hospital 54 

New York Life Ins. Co 55 

New York Garden 56 

Niblo's Garden 59 

Normal College 70 

Olympic Theatre 58 

Oyster Barges 75 

Parade, The, in 1728 36 

Park, The 50 

Park. City Hall and Court House.. . 52 

Park Theatres 47, 63 

Pearl Street 35 

Piers, Location of 102 

Post Office 47, 48 

Potter's Field 64, 67 

Prospect Park 84 

Provost, The 50, 51 

Purchase of the Island 28 

Railroad Depots 93, 94 

Randall's Island 81 

Raritan Bay 31 

Red Bank.'. 81 

Rickett's Amphitheatre 56 

River Steamboats 95, 96, 97 

Road to Boston 70 

Rockaway 81 

Rutgers Female Institute 68 

Sandy Hill.... 59 

Sandy Hook 31 

Seamen's Savings Bank 42 

Secret and Benefit Societies 104 



Seventh Regiment Armory 

Sheep Walk. 

Society Library, New York 55, 

Staats Zeitung 

Stage Routes 

Stamp Act 

Staten Island 32, 

St. Mark's Church 

St. Paul's Church 46, 

St. Nicholas Hotel 

St. Patrick's Cathedral 

Steamboat Landings 

Stein way Concert Hall 

Stewart's Wliolesaie Store 

Stewart's Retail Store 

Stewart's Residence 

Stock Exchange, New York 

Stone Street 

Stone Bridge Tavern 

Stuy vesant Place 

Sun, The 

Swamp Meadow 

Tabernacle, The 

Talleyrand 

Tammany Hall and Society 

Tattersalls and Olympic Theatre 

Telegraph Companies 

Tivoli Garden 

Tombs, The 71, 

Tompkins Market 

Tontine Building 

Treasury and Assay Office 

Treaty for the Sale of the Island 

Tribune. New York 

Trinity School 

Trinity Church and Graveyard 

Trinity Building 

Twenty-second Regiment Armory.. 

Union Institute 

Union Square and Vicinity 61, 

Union Square Theatre 

Union League Club House 

Union Place Hotel 

Union Square Hotel 

University Place 

Wall Street 

Wallabout Bay 

Wallack's Theatre 

Walton House 

Ward's Island 

Washington 34, 37, 41, 51, 

Washington House 

Washington Hall 

Washington Square 

Washington's Entry into New York. 

Western Union Telegraph 38, 

White Cond nit House 

Whitehall Street 

Winckel Street 

World , New Yoi'k 

Worth, Gen. Wm.. Monument of 

Young Men's Christian Association. 




CITY HALL IN THE PARK. 



NEW YORK AND ITS ENVIRONS. 




HE City of New York, justly named the Metropolis 
OF America, and one of the three great commercial 
and financial centres of the world, is also one of the 
marvels created by modern energy and enterprise. 
Though but little more than two hundred years ago, 
it was a mere hamlet, to-day it rivals the proudest cities of the 
Old World in its miles of streets, its splendid public and pri- 
vate buildings, its extensive charities, and the enterprise and 
public spirit of its inhabitants. At its wharves the 

commerce of the globe is represented, 
and the products of every clime come here to find a market. 
More than a hundred Ocean Steamers ply to and fro between 
this city and Europe, and other countries, and bring us the 
representatives of every nationality. Its hotels, ranging in 
style from a palace to an inn, offer accommodations for every 
taste and for all purses. Surrounding it, and built up from its 
surplus population, are Brooklyn, the third city in the Union, 
Jersey City, Newark, Hudson City, and many other places of 



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lesser note, the residents of which look to the Metropolis for 
the means of wealth. 

And this splendid Emporium is a monument to the resistless 
energies of the people of this country. Though settled by the 
Dutch, about 1612, its metropolitan character has been attained 
within the last forty or fifty years. It is within the recollection 
of the writer, but little past middle life, when Fourteenth Street 
was the limit of the city, and Yorkville and Harlem were prac- 
tically farther off, because less accessible, than are Pough- 
keepsie, or even Albany, to-day. The City Hall, erected in 
1812, has its rear, or uptown front, built of common material, in 
contra-distinction to the marble front, because at that time it 
commanded the whole city, and above it were only green fields 
and farm-houses. At present the centre of the city is some two 
or three miles above it, and where in our boyhood were gardens 
and fields, now stand endless rows of magnificent buildings, 
comprising churches, hotels, commercial houses, and private 
dwellings, which, taken as a whole, are unsurpassed, if equalled, 
by any other city in the world. The principal thoroughfare, 
Broadway, is a marvel not to be seen elsewhere, and of itself 
sufficient to repay the trouble of a long journey to pass through 
and inspect it. For about five miles of its length, it presents 
on either hand a continuous series of 

PALATIAL EDIFICES 

devoted to finance, trade, and other affairs, and comprising the 
historic Battery, Bowling Green, Washington's Headquarters, 
Trinity, St. Paul, and Grace Churches, the Astor House, St. 
Nicholas, Metropolitan, Grand Central, and Fifth Avenue 
Hotels, the General Post Office, City Buildings, Union and 
Madison Squares, and commercial edifices, where every possible 
need or luxury of modern life can be obtained. In a compara- 
tively small portion of its length, and the immediate vicinity 
of streets intersecting it, there is considerably more insurance 
on goods actually in store, than would pay the entire losses of 
the great Boston and Chicago fires. Along this thoroughfare, 
to say nothing of the multitude of vehicles, from the humble 
luggage van, to the elegant turnouts of the wealthy, pass every 
day more people than would suffice for the population of an 



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ordinary city, and the stranger may enjoy the pleasure of a 
"jam" at Fulton Street, or the more leisurely excitement of an 
inspection of its wonders, for many days, before he can feel that 
he has seen it all. 

The corresponding tlioroughfare on the eastern side, the 
BowEiiY, which runs parallel with Broadway, presents a con- 
trast, perhaps nowhere else to be seen on the habitable globe. 
Broadway presents us the hurrying throng of a great city, com- 
prised of business men, intent only, as the denizens of American 
cities are, upon the pursuit of gain, mingled with provincials 
and strangers from every part of the world, but on the whole 
plainly distinguishable, as representing what we term the better 
classes of society. Tlie Bowery, on the other hand, represents 
the people, with a large admixture of the Teutonic element. 
Along its course, for some two miles, their Gardens, Bier Halls, 
and various industries meet the observer at every step, and show 
how quickly the various nationalities find a place among us, and 
move along peacefully in pursuit of business or pleasure. One 
of the peculiarities of this region, is the frequently exposed an- 
nouncement of 

"BROADWAY GOODS AT BOWERY PRICES," 

thus, in a line, marking the popular appreciation of the pecu- 
liarities of the two great arteries of commerce and travel in 
the city. 

Originally, New York seems to have been laid out with re- 
gard to the convenience of its then inhabitants, and without 
any thought of its future greatness. Streets were run "across 
lots," and made to subserve the usually travelled route from one 
point to another, without any attention to symmetry or order. 
A marked instance of this is in Pearl Street, beginning at Broad- 
way, near the Bowling Green, and after performing a tour 
worthy of the Circumlocution Office, ending at the same street 
just above the City Hall Park. The difference between what 
may be termed, the old city and the new, will present itself to 
the sj)ectator by a visit to the Observatory of Trinity Church, in 
lower Broadway at the head of Wall Street, and again from the 
Dome of the Masonic Temple, at Twenty-third Street and Sixth 
Avenue, from either of wliich he may obtain a magnificent view, 



8 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK. 

not only of the city proper, bathed on eitlier side by a noble 
river, one leading inland, and the other connecting the bay 
with Long Island Sound, and thus, in either direction, with 
the Atlantic Ocean, but of all the neighboring localities. 
Standing on the dome, the 

VISITOR IS SUKROUNDED BY A PANORAMA, 

the extent of which can in no other way be realized. Looking 
beyond the interminable rows of streets, and endless array of 
buildings, he sees Brooklyn, Greenpoint, Astoria, the Islands, 
and Public Institutions located thereon, then the Heights of the 
Jersey shore, and the towns and villages, nestling at their feet; 
the Harbor of New York, where the navies of tlie Avorld might 
find a resting place ; the Narrows and Lower Bay, and thus 
back to the point of starting; and he may know, that within the 
range of his vision are 

MORE THAN TWO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, 

and wealth beyond calculation ; that among them are represented 
every phase of social life, from the millionaire to the tramp; 
tliat while among them, virtue and social and civil order largely 
predominate, there, none the less, are also the homes of abject 
poverty and revolting crime. 

To the holiday visitor, seeking recreation, or the gratification 
of a curiosity to see the great city, as well as to tlie student of 
human nature in its varying aspects, the Great Metropolis affords 
an ample field, and to assist those who wish to know what to 
see, and how to see it with the greatest degree of comfort and 
convenience, is the object of this work. 

In the following pages will be found a resume of important 
incidents, chronologically arranged, from the first discovery of 
the Island to tlie present time, which must prove highly inter- 
esting to the resident of the city, the citizen, as well as to the 
stranger, and a complete list of all the public and private insti- 
tutions, with such brief memoranda as may indicate their loca- 
tions, objects, and standing, together with directions for reach- 
ing them from any point ; thus forming a vade mecum of 
intelligence, which can hardly fail to be useful to the visiting 
stranger, to which end it is respectfully offered to the public. 




ARRIVAL OF HUDSON IN THE BAT OF NEW YORK, 1609. 

NEW YORK 
FROM ITS DISCOVERY TO THE PRESENT TIME. 

CHRONOLOGICALLY ARRANGED. 



1525. Jean Verrazani, an ad- 
venturous Florentine naviga- 
tor, in the service of Francis I. 
of France, wliile exploring the 
coast of North America, entered 
the bay of New York, between 
the Narrows and Staten Island, 
and remained a sufficient time 
to form a very favorable opinion 
of the country and of the natives. 
A sudden gale coming on, his 
examinations were interrupted, 
and he put to sea, proceeding to 



Newport. After remaining there 
fifteen days, he coasted north- 
ward and returned to France. 

1000. September 3. Henry 
Hudson, an Englishman, em- 
ployed by the States General of 
Holland, passed through the Nar- 
rows in the yacht Half Moon, 
and anchored in New York bay 
September 11,* — thus gaining 



* When the Half Moon arrived at the 
1 New Netherland, the natives did not 



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the credit of having discovered 
this region of country, and the 
river which bears his name, 
which he called De Groote Rivier. 
During the next day he landed on 
the island, which was then in 
possession of the tribe of Indians 
known as the Manhattoes, from 
whom its original name, ' ' Man- 
hattan," is derived. October 
4, Hudson sailed for Holland, 
to carry tidings of the important 
results of his voyage.''^ He sold 
his claim to the Dutch, who soon 
after took possession of the coun- 
try, and gave to that region, 
which now comprehends the 
States of New York, New Jersey, 
Pennsylvania, and Delaware, the 
general appellation of N'eic Neth- 
erlands. New York was called 
New Amsterdam. 

1610. Several merchants of 
Amsterdam sent out a ship com- 
manded by the former mate of 
the Hcdf Moon, for traffic with 
the Indians. 

1G12. Other merchants now 
united with those previously en- 
gaged in trade with New Am- 
sterdam, and dispatched the 
Fortune, commanded by Hen- 
drick Christiaensen, and the 

know, that there were any other people 
in the world, than those who were like 
themselves. When they first discov- 
ered Hudson's shij) they stood in deep 
and solemn amazement, not knowing 
whether it was an apparition from the 
v/orld of spirits, or a monster of the 
sea, and when they saw the men their 
astonishment was still greater. — Dun- 
lap^ s History of New York. 

* The topography of the island, as 
seen by Hudson, was as follows: The 
lower part consisted of wood-crowned 
hills, and beautiful grassy valleys, in- 
cluding a chain of swamps and marshes, 
and a deep pond northward, rose into 
rocky high ground. The inhabitants 
were a tribe of Indians, dwelling in 
clusters of rude wigwams. 



Tiger, commanded by Adriaen 
Block, for a voyage to the Mau- 
ritius River, as it was then called, 
trading in furs, and for making 
further discoveries. Christiaen- 
sen was appointed the first agent, 
and built a redoubt, with four 
small houses on the site of what 
is now No. 39 Broadway. He 
was afterwards murdered by a 
young Indian, whom he had taken 
to Holland on his first voyage, 
and who met a speedy death 
from the hands of the settlers. 
This was the first murder on re- 
cord in the province. 

1613. Three more vessels, 
commanded by Captains Dewitt, 
Mey, and Volckertsen, were now 
engaged in the fur traffic; and it 
was determined to open a regu- 
lar commerce with the new prov- 
ince, making the Island of Man- 
hattan the chief depot, with 
agents to collect furs while the 
ships were going to and return- 
ing from Holland. 

1614. As Block was about 
returning to Holland, his vessel 
was destroyed by fire ; but, in- 
stead of being disheartened by 
this misfortune, he immediately 
set about buijding another. This 
undertaking was pursued with 
such skill and assiduity, that in 
the spring, the first craft ever 
launched in the waters of Man- 
hattan, was finished. 

1615. The Dutch purchased 
a piece of land on the bank of 
the Hudson, extending to what 
is now Rector Street, and erected 
a trading-house, which, being 
guarded by a palisade fence, was 
called the first fort. 

1620. Captain Thomas Der- 
mer, an Englishman, in the ser- 
vice of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 
touched at New Amsterdam, on 



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THE DITCH OR CANAL THROUGH BROAD STREET SIDED UP WITH BOARDS. 
THE CANAL WAS FILLED UP ABOUT 1676. 



liis way to New England, and 
warned the settlers from contin- 
uing on Englisli territory. He, 
mtli otliers, petitioned James I. 
for a grant of the province of 
New Netherland, which was 
granted, and the English ambas- 
sador was directed to remon- 
strate against its further occupa- 
tion by the Dutch. 

1621. The States General 
granted a charter to the " West 
India Company," investing them 
with exclusive jurisdiction over 
the province for twenty-one 
years, on condition that they 
colonized the new territories, 
and kept the grantors advised of 
their plan of operations. 

1623. This year may be con- 
sidered as the era of permanent 
settlement. The ship New 
Netherland, of 360 tons, was 
suitably fitted out and dis- 
patched by the Amsterdam 
Chamber, to whose care the prov- 



ince had been especially con- 
fided, with thirty families (most- 
ly Walloons, or French Protest- 
ants), to the territory whose 
name it bore, for the purpose of 
founding a colony. Cornelissen 
Jacobsen Mey had command of 
the expedition, and was also first 
director of the province. By 
permission of the natives, a fort 
in the form of a regular square, 
with four bastions, was built on 
the point of land, at the inter- 
section of the North and East 
Rivers, extending to what is now 
the west wall of Trinity Church- 
yard. 

1625. Five vessels arrived at 
different periods, bringing colon- 
ists, with furniture, farming im- 
plements, and upwards of one 
hundred head of cattle, besides 
stallions, mares, sheep, swine, 
etc. , forming a nucleus for per- 
manent settlement. A colony 
of Walloons began to cultivate 



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GOV. STUYVBSANT HOUSE AT THE WHITEHALL, IN 1658. THE LAND WAS 
MADE BY RECLAIMING TROM SWAMP. 



lands at the Wallabout (Wal- 
loons' Bay), on Long Island, and 
from them the name is derived. 
Thus, at this time, was the city 
of Brooklyn begun, and here the 
first white child (Sarah Rapalje) 
was born in New Netherland. 

162(>. May 4. Peter Minuit, 
who had been appointed in 
place of Verhulst, recalled, ar- 
rived. He had instructions to or- 
ganize a provincial government. 
Minuit bought the whole Island, 
estimated at 22,000 acres, of the 
Indians, for the ' ' West India 
Company," paying the sum or 
value of $24 ! A fort was next 
staked out on the triangle 
forming the southern part of 
the Island (a mere block -house, 
surrounded by cedar palisades), 
which was finished the year fol- 



lowing. A horse-mill was also 
erected with a large room on the 
second floor for religious and 
other meetings. 

1 630. New Amsterdam fairly 
won the title of the "Commer- 
cial Metropolis of America," by 
the construction of the Neif^ 
Netherland, a ship of 800 tons, 
then one of the largest merchant 
vessels in the world, which was 
built and dispatched to Holland. 
Walloons, Huguenots, Calvin- 
ists. Friends, and Catholics, all 
found a home here, and laid the 
foundation of that cosmopolitan 
character which the city has 
since so well sustained. 

1632, Minuit recalled, and 
the next year, Wouter von Twil- 
ler, the new governor, arrived 
with a military force of one hun- 



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STREET PILING ALONG THE EAST RIVER, NEAR COENTIES SLIP, Itiotj. 



dred and four men. First church 
built on Pearl Street, between 
Whitehall and Broad Streets. 
Graveyard laid out on Broad- 
way, near Morris Street. 

1035, Fort finished at an ex- 
pense of $1,688. First brick 
house built. Bricks brought 
from Holland. First English 
settlers. 

1640. Tax imposed on In- 
dians, which laid the foundation 
of a bloody war. I 

1G43- Massacre of inhabi- ' 
tants by the Indians. The 1 
houses of this period were mostly 
one story, with roofs of straw , 
and wooden chimneys. 

1644:. War with New England 
Indians. Excise tax laid on beer 
and liquors. Slave trade au- 
thorized by Dutch government. 

1645. Treaty of peace con- 
cluded with the Indians, of 
whom 1,600 had been killed dur- 
ing the war in the vicinity of 
Manhattan. 

1617. Gov. Stuyvesant ar- 
rived : his administration lasted 



until the end of Dutch power 
(seventeen years), in Manhattan. 

1652. Municipal form of gov- 
ernment granted to the city. 

1653. City Hall first estab- 
lished ; the city tavern at the 
head of present Coenties Slip, 
having been granted for that 
purpose. The first magistrate 
appointed. 

1655. Night of September 
15, the Indians, taking advan- 
tage of the Governor's absence, 
attacked the settlements, rob- 
bing and firing the houses, and 
murdering the inhabitants. 

1656. The city first surveyed, 
and the streets (seventeen in 
number) laid out. Market-place 
for stand of country wagons on 
the " Strand," foot of Whitehall 
Street. Census of the city taken, 
one hundred and twenty houses, 
and one thousand inhabitants. 
The first houses built on Wall 
Street. 

1658. Streets first paved with 
stone. Rent of an average good 
house, fourteen dollars per an- 



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UuCK AND KIVEU FRONT TO WALL STREET, 1667. 



num. First market-house, for 
sale of meat, erected in present 
site of Bowling Green. All 
thatched roofs and wooden chim- 
neys ordered to be removed — 
fire-buckets and hooks and lad- 
ders first furnished for the town. 
Jacob Van Corlaer opened a pri- 
vate school, but was indicted by 
the authorities. Slaves only 
whipped upon application to the 
Burgomaster. First j)ublic well 
dug in BroadAvay. 

1050. The ditch through 
Broad Street lined with plank. 
Day of prayer set apart in New j 
Amsterdam on account of the i 
progress of Quaker doctrines. 

1<)<)4. Charles II. came to the ; 
English throne in 1660, and soon j 
after assumed the Dutch occu- 
pancy in North America ; he 
granted the entire territory to 
iiis brother, the Duke of York. 
The city surrendered to the j 
British fleet, without a gun be- 
ing fired. The English tools: pos- 
session of the city and changed j 
its title to New York, in honor 
of the Duke. Population of the 
ci«>' 1,500. i 

iGOcn Manhattan Island in- 



corporated under the govern- 
ment of a mayor, aldermen, and 
sheriff. Severe riot between 
English soldiers and inhabitants. 

1673. The Dutch re-captured 
the city, and named it New 
Orange. A wall was built across 
the Island at Wall Street ; hence 
its name. 

1074. The city was restored 
to the British Crown, and again 
called New York. The city con- 
tained three hundred and twen- 
ty-two houses. 

1070. Vacant lots and decayed 
buildings ordered to be valued 
and disposed of to those willing 
to build. Tan pits and canal on 
Broad Street filled up. 

107 7. Stephanus Van Cort- 
landt, the first native-born 
mayor, appointed. 

1088. The first constitutional 
assembly, consisting of a council 
of ten, and eighteen representa- 
tives, was elected to aid in the 
administration of public affairs. 

10S4. Aldermen and Council- 
men first chosen by the people. 

1085. On the demise of 
Charles II. , the Duke of York 
ascended the throne, with the 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



15 




BLOCK HOUSE AND CITY GATE, FOOT OF WALL STREET, 1674. 



title of James II. This bigoted 
monarch signalized himself by 
forbidding- the establishment of a 
printing-press in the colony. 
Assessed value of property £75,- 
694. 

1 686. Dougan charter grant- 
ed. 

1687. Water Street laid out 
in the East River, from White- 
hall to Old Slip. 

1688. Wall Street laid out, 
thirty feet wide. 

1691. Leisler hanged. Second 
meat-market established * ' under 
the trees by the slip " (Hanover 
Square). Ducking stool (for 
punishment) erected on the 
wharf in front of City Hall. 

1691-05. Yellow fever pre- 
vailed with great violence. First 
meeting of general assembly. 

1()96. Governor Fletcher ar- 
rived. Trinity Church was 
built on its present site, and 



dedicated February 16, 1697, 
when the first divine service was 
performed by Rev. Mr, Vesey, 
the first regular clergyman sent 
from England as rector. The 
building was enlarged in 1735 
and 1737, and destroyed by fire 
in 1776. The Friends erected 
their first meeting-house in Lib- 
erty Street, near Nassau. 

1697. It was resolved "that 
lights be hung out in the dark 
time of the moon, within this 
city and for the use of its inhab- 
itants, and that every seventh 
house do hang out a lantern with 
a candle in it." Piracy flour- 
ished considerably in this region. 

1698. Earl of Bellamont, 
Fletcher's successor, arrived. 

1699. City Hall erected in 
Wall Street,' on the site of the 
present Treasury building. 

1702. Lord Cornbury, a de- 
spicable tyrant, was appointed 



16 



CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 




EAST RIVER SHOKE, BETWEEN THE PRESENT JOHN STUEKT AND PECKPLIP, 1740. 



governor. Free grammar school 
establislied. 

1703. The burial-ground in 
Broadway was granted to the 
corporation of Trinity Church 
forever, "on condition of keep- 
ing the fence in order, and tak- 
ing no more for burial of each 
person of twelve years and up- 
wards than ds., and for each 
child Is. 6d." 

1 7 04. Beekman swamp leased 
by the city for twenty-one years, 
at 20s. per annum. 

1707. Broadway paved from 
Bowling Green to Trinity church. 

1708. Lord Cornbury re- 
moved, and Lord Lovelace ap- 
pointed governor. 

1700. Lord Lovelace died, 
and Richard Ingoldsby suc- 
ceeded him. Slave market 
erected foot of Wall Street. 
First paper money issued. 

1710. Ingoldsby dismissed, 
and Gerard "Beekman officiated 
as governor until the arrival of 
Robert Hunter, who had been 
appointed governor. 



1712. Governor Hunter en- 
deavored to prevail on the as- 
sembly to make office-holders 
independent of the people, by 
allowing officers a fixed salary. 

1713. A Negro plot was dis- 
covered, and nineteen of those 
implicated were executed. 

1718. Rope-walk erected on 
Broadway, between Barclay 
Street and Park Place. 

17 It), Governor Hunter re- 
turned to England ; Peter Schuy- 
ler acted as his successor. 

1720. William Burnet arrived 
and assumed the duties of gov- 
ernor. 

1725. William Bradford re- 
moved his printing-office from 
Philadelphia, issued the first 
newspaper, " TheWew York Ga- 
zette," in this city. 

1727. Burnet' left New York 
to act as governor of Massachu- 
setts, and was succeeded in 

1728. By Hon. John Mont- 
gomery as governor. 

172i). Dutch church erected 
in Nassau Street. 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



17 




MEAL AND SI.ATE MARKET, TOOT OF WALL STREET, 1709. 



1730- The first Jewish syna- 
gogue was built in Mill Street, 
and contained a living spring, in 
which the congregation were ac- 
customed to perform their ablu- 
tions and cleansings, according 
to their religious rites. 

1731. Montgomery died, and 
Rip Vandam, as eldest Council- 
or, was his temporary successor. 

1732. Crosby appointed as 
Montgomery's successor. The 
church recently used as the gen- 
eral Post Office, erected. 

1733. November 5th. John 
P. Zinger issued the first num- 
ber of a democratic paper, enti- 
tled, "The New York Weekly 
Journal." 

1734. Two violent parties who 
distracted the province — the 
democratic with Vandam, and 
the aristocratic with Crosby. 
Each party had a newspaper un- 
der control, and published many 
bitter and mischievous articles. 
The squibs, ballads, serious 
charges, and, above all, home 
truths, which occasionally ap- 
peared in the Journal, irritated 



Crosby and his council to mad- 
ness. November 2d, an order 
passed the council for burning 
four numbers of the Journal, by 
the hands of the common hang- 
man, or whipper, and the mayor 
and magistrates were directed to 
attend its execution ; but the 
magistrates at the quarter ses- 
sions would not permit the order 
to be entered, and the aldermen 
protested against it, as an arbi- 
trary and illegal injunction, 
Zinger was subsequently ar- 
rested and imprisoned a short 
time, when he was admitted to 
bail, and resumed his paper. 

1786. Governor Crosby died, 
and George Clarke was appointed 
as his successor. 

1738. Market built in Broad- 
way opposite Liberty (then 
Crown) Street, the name being 
changed after the Revolution, 

1741. "The Negro Plot," as 
it was called, created great ex- 
citement among the people, 
March 18th, about midnight, the 
house in the fort was discovered 
to be on fire, when a number of 



18 CENTENNIAL — HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 







EAST RIVfiK SHORE, NEAR RUTGERS STREET, 1710. 



buildings were destroyed. The 
negroes were charged with com- 
bining to burn the city, and mur- 
der all the whites, which charge 
was supported only by evidence 
of the most questionable char- 
acter. Rewards were oifered — 
money and pardon to the free, 
and money, pardon, and freedom 
to the slave — to those who should 
accuse themselves or others, ac- 
cording to the dictates of the 
magistrates, prompted by their 
fears. A great number of ar- 
rests \fere made, and the most 
ridiculous stories invented by 
the prisoners, criminating them- 
selves and others. The princi- 
pal witness was a wench named | 
Mary Burton, who testified to 
anything required, and who re- 
ceived £100 and her freedom, 
for making very contradictory 
statements, which led to the 
conviction of several persons 
who were innocent of the crimes 
alleged against them. The re- 
sult was, that, after undergoing 



the forms of trial, there were 
four whites executed, eleven ne- 
groes burned, eighteen hanged, 
and fifty transported and sold. 
Yellow fever again prevailed, 
attended with great mortality. 

1 742. The fears of the people 
were again aroused by live coals 
of fire being found in the gutter 
of a house, which were thrown 
there by a negro simpleton, who 
was made to expiate his idiocy 
on the gallows. Every occa- 
sional fire was attributed to ne- 
groes. A malignant epidemic 
fever prevailed, similar to the 
yellow fever, by which two hun- 
dred and seventeen persons died. 

1743. Admiral George Clin- 
ton appointed governor. News- 
paper called "The Postboy," 
published. 

1740. In this year two hun- 
dred and eighty-six vessels left 
New York with cargoes, princi- 
pally of flour and grain. 

1750. February 26th. The 
first play acted in the colonies 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



19 




NOBTH RIVER SHORE, NEAR LISPENARD STREET, 1716. 



was Shakspeare's Richard III. 
It was performed in a room pre- 
pared for the purpose in Nassau. 
Street, under the management 
of Lewis Hallam. 

1753. Clinton retired from 
the governorship of New York, 
and Sir Danvers Osborne was 
sent to supply the vacancy. 
James Delancy was appointed 
Lieut. Governor. Five days af- 
ter his arrival, Gov. Oshorne was 
found dead, suspended by a 
handkerchief to the fence of Mr, 
Murray's garden. It was after- 
wards known that he had been 
deranged. 

I'/oo. Admiral Sir Charles 
Hardy, the newly-appointed 
Governor, arrived. Ferry es- 
tablished to Staten Island, In 
this year, thirteen thousand 
hogsheads of flaxseed were 
shipped abroad. 

17o(>. The Hudson River re- 
mained open to Albany, France 
and England again declared war, 
and both sent troops to fight in 



America. Lord Loudon arrived 
at New York, and assumed the 
duties of commander-in-chief. 

1757. In consequence of the 
prevalence of small -pox in New 
York, the assembly met at Flat- 
bush, L. I. The lower part of 
the city was deserted. 

1764. Stamp Act riot. Heavy 
duties imposed. 

1765. A Congress of delegates 
met in New York, and prepared 
a declaration of their rights and 
grievances. The arrival of the 
stamped paper marked the com- 
mencement of a struggle which 
lasted until the city and colony 
of New York, and other colonies, 
were forever severed from the 
dominion of Great Britain. 

1766. The odious Stamp Act 
was repealed, June 4th (anni- 
versary of the King's birth-day), 
the first liberty-pole was erected 
in ''the Fields," (the Park) by 
the " Sons of Liberty," to com- 
memorate the repeal of the 
Stamp Act. 



20 



CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 




CITY HALL, WALL STREET, OPPOSITE BROAD STREET, 1718. 



1768. New York mercliants 
agreed to stop importing foreign 
goods until their grievances were 
redressed. 

1770. A meeting of three 
thousand citizens was held, who 
resolved not to submit to further 
oppression. A collision occurred 
in which one man was killed 
and several wounded. In this 
year the first theatre was estab- 
lished in John Street. 

1773. At a meeting of the Sons 
of Liberty, letters were read 
from committees in Boston and 
Philadelphia, inviting the col- 
onies to unite in resisting the in- 
sidious intentions of England in 
Imposing the tax on teas. 

1774. Vigilance committees 
agreed to resist the landing of 
tea. The ship Nnncy arrived 
laden with tea. The pilots re- 
fused to bring her beyond Sandy 
Hook, where she was detained 
until her departure for England. 
Eighteen chests of tea found in 



another vessel and thrown over- 
board, 

17 75. Delegates elected to the 
Continental Congress. P>igate 
Asia fired on the town. 

1770. This was an eventful 
year in the history of America 
and of New York. Articles of 
Confederation were acted upon 
in Congress, sitting in Philadel- 
phia, which served as guides in 
public affairs. Washington ar- 
rived in the city. An extensive 
fire occurred. All the west side 
of Broadway, from Whitehall to 
Barclay Street, was destroyed. 

1780. The winter was very 
cold, and is still regarded as the 
hardest of "hard winters." The 
bay of New York was closed with 
solid ice, so that a troop of horses 
and artillery crossed to Staten 
Island on this immense bridge, 
by which all the islands in the 
harbor were connected with one 
another, and with the main land, 

1783. November 25th.— Brit- 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



21 




THE GREAT DOCK, NORTU OP WHITEHALL, ON EAST KIVER, 174G. 



ish evacuated the city. General 
Washington, accompanied by his 
friends and a great number of 
citizens on horseback, entered 
the city by the Bowery, then the 
only road : the British troops 
had embarked on their fleet, and 
were standing seaward over the 
bay. The American flag was 
hoisted on the fort, amid a sa- 
lute of thirteen guns, and was 
heartily cheered. —December 4th, 
at noon, the officers of the army 
assembled at Washington's head- 
quarters (Fraunces' tavern, cor- 
ner Pearl and Broad Streets), 
for the purpose of taking leave 
of him. After this painful cere- 
mony, he left the house, and, 
passing through a line of his 
brave soldiers to Whitehall, en- 
tered the barge in waiting for 
him. He then turned to the 
multitude, waved his hand, and 
thus bid them a silent adieu. 

1788. "The Doctor's Riot," 
as it was called, created a high 
degree of excitement for many 
days, which originated from 
some indiscreet exposure of por- 



tions of a human body. The 
doctors were mobbed and their 
houses invaded. 

1780. Washington took the 
oath of office as President of the 
United States, in the City Hall 
on Wall Street, and entered up- 
on the duties of his office. 

1796. The "Old State's Pris- 
on," bounded by Christopher, 
Washington, Charles Streets, 
and the North River, was used as 
such in 1797. This building is 
now occupied as a brewery. 

1803. Corner stone of City 
Hall laid ; completed in 1812. 

1801. Large fire on Wall, 
Front and Water Streets ; forty 
to fifty houses destroyed. July 
12th. Hon. Alexander Hamil- 
ton, an eminent soldier and civ- 
ilian, died in New York, having 
been wounded the day previous 
in a duel with Col. Aaron Burr. 

180«. April 10th. Major- 
Gen. Horatio Gates, the hero 
of Saratoga, died in this city, 
aged 78. 

1807. August 18th. The prac- 
ticability of propelling vessels 



22 



CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 




NORTH KIVER SHORE, NEAR TRINITY CHURCH, 1740. 



"by steam, satisfactorily demon- 
strated by Robert Fulton, in a 
trip from New York to Albany, 
in the steamboat " Clermont," in 
thirty hours. Free school society 
incorporated. City extended 
above Canal Street. 

ISIO. November 21st. George 
Frederick Cooke, an English 
tragedian of unsurpassable abil- 
ity, made his first appearance 
in America as Richard III., at 
the Park Theatre. 

1811. May 19. The third 
"great fire" broke out near the 
corner of Chatham and Duane 
sts., about 9 A. M., and destroyed 
nearly one hundred buildings on 
both sides of Chatham street. 

1812. War \\\i\\ Great Britain. 

1813. The remains of Captain 
James Lawrence, who died from 
wounds received on board the 
U. S. frigate Chesapeake while 
engaged with the British frigate 
Shannon, brought to this city, 
and interred in Trinity church- 
yard with imposing solemnity. 

181 1-. Jan. 5. Extensive fire, 
in which St. George's chapel in 
Beekman Street was destroyed. 



Oct. 29. The first steam vessel 
calculated for naval warfare was 
launched, and denominated The 
Fulton. 

1815. Feb. 24. Robert FuL 
ton, whose name is identified 
with steam navigation, died in 
this city, aged fifty years. 

181(>. Extremely cold season, 
hickory wood selling for $23 per 
cord, and cak for $15. May 8. 
American Bible Society formed. 

1819. Yellow fever prevailed 
for a short time ; it returned with 
increased violence in 1822 and 
1823. Lower part of the city 
fenced off and deserted. City 
government removed to Green- 
wich, above Canal Street. 

1820. Edmund Kean, the 
great English tragedian, arrived. 

1822. Fulton Market opened. 

1823. May 27. Great match 
race over the L. L course, for 
$20,000 a side, between the nor- 
thern horse Eclipse and the Vir- 
ginia horse Sir Henry ; won by 
the former. 

1824. Gen. Lafayette, as the 
"guest of the nation," landed 
at Castle Garden, and was re- 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



23 





^^^^''^^T^^j'ff 




THE BATTERY IN 1746. UNTIL 1090, THE BATTERY WAS L>ED FOR MILITARY 
PURPOSES. ABOUT 1792 MEASURES WERE TAKEN FOR FILLING UP, INCLOS- 
ING, AND ADORNING THE PLACE AS A PUBLIC PARK. 



ceived by the people with un- 
paralleled enthusiasm. 

1825. June 11. Daniel D. 
Tompkins died, aged fifty years. 
Nov. 4. The completion of the 
Erie canal was celebrated. The 
first canal boat arrived in the 
morning, accompanied by an im- 
mense flotilla of steamers and 
river craft from Albany, Troy, 
and the principal towns along 
the Hudson, which were joined 
by numerous steamers belonging 
to the city and vicinity, bedecked 
in the most fanciful manner, 
when they all proceeded to San- 
dy Hook, where the waters of 
Lake Erie were formally ' ' wed- 
ded to the Atlantic." The im- 
posing civic and aquatic proceed- 
ings in the city and harbor were 
followed by illuminations of the 
City Hall, Castle Garden, the ho- 
tels, and other public and pri- 
vate houses. 

1826. May 17. The corner- 
stone of the Bowery Theatre laid. 



1827. November 14. Thomas 
Addis Emmet died, 

1828. Feb. 11. De Witt Clin- 
ton. Governor of the State, died 
at Albany, aged sixty-one years. 

1831. August 24. ' Charles F. 
Durant, the aeronaut, ascended 
with his balloon from Castle Gar- 
den, and, after being an hour 
and ten minutes in the air, de- 
scended on the spot from whence 
he arose. — October 13. Theatrical 
riot, caused by Anderson, an 
English vocalist, who was driven 
from the stage of the Parlv The- 
atre, for disrespectful remarks 
concerning the United States. 

1832. Cholera raged wUh 
great violence, carrying of 3,513 
persons ; and again in 1834, tak- 
ing off 971 persons, 

1835. December 16. The most 
disastrous fire that ever occurred 
in the city, destroying 674 build- 
ings in the lower part of the 
city. Estimated loss $20,000,000. 

1837. Suspension of specie 



24 



CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YOKE 




FrENClI (HUGUENOT) CHURCH, PINE AND NASSAU 8TS., 1704, 



payment ; failure and bankrupt- 
cy throug-hout the country. 

1 842. Croton water introduced 
into the Forty-second Street res- 
ervoir. Grand celebration of this 
important event. 

1845. July 19. Great fire be- 
tween Broadway, Exchange PI. , 
Broad and Stone Streets ; loss 
$5,000,000. 

184S. March 29. John Jacob 
Astor died, leaving a bequest of 
$400,000 to establish and main- 
tain a public library. 

1849. May. Astor Place riot; 
Macready, the eminent English 
trao;edian, driven from the stage. 
5,071 persons died from cholera. 

1 852. First city railroad built 
in Sixth Avenue. 

185B. Crystal Palace Interna- 
tional Exhibition opened by the 
President of the United States. 
The building was destroyed by 
fire in 1858. Legislature passed 
an act creating Central Park. 

1856. Januarys. Snow fell to 



the depth of twenty inches, 
which drifted so badly that the 
city was nearly impassable for 
several days. Sunday, May 25. 
Last sermon preached in "Old 
Brick Church" by Rev. Dr. 
Spring. Dr. Spring: was installed 
pastor in 1810. The church was 
pulled down during the year. 

1857. In consequence of the 
resistance of Mayor Wood to the 
Act of the Legislature changing 
the control of the police, a sav- 
age fight ensued between the 
old police, who adhered to the 
Mayor, and the new, or Metro- 
politan police. 

1858. Frederick Law 01m- 
stead and Calvert Vaux had their 
plans for la\nng out and beauti- 
fying Central Park adopted. 

* 18()0. Rebellion inaugurated 
at Charleston, South Carolina, 
December 20. December 27. 
Forts in Charleston harbor seized, 
with the exception of Sumpter. 
1861. January 2. Fort Pulas- 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



25 




BROADWAY AND SPRING STREET, 1820. 



ki, Savannah, occupied by rebels. 
Jan. 4. Mobile, Alabama, Arsenal 
seized by rebels. April 13. Fort 
Sumpter fired on by rebel bat- 
teries at Charleston, S. C. April 
15. The legislature of New York 
voted 30,000 soldiers, and $3,000,- 
000 to crush the rebellion. April 
17. Several New York city regi- 
ments tendered their services to 
the government to quell the re- 
bellion. April 18. Sixth Mas- 
sachusetts regiment passed 
through New York en route for 
Washington. Fired on in Balti- 
more. April 19. The Seventh 
Regiment of New York left for 
Washington. April 20. Recep- 
tion of General Robert Anderson, 
the defender of Fort Sumpter, in 
New York. April 21. The Seven- 
ty-first, Twelfth, and Sixth New 
York city regiments left for 
Washington. April 23. The Twen- 
ty-third, Eighth, and Sixty-ninth 
reghnents of New York, and the 



Thirteenth and Twenty-eighth 
of Brooklyn left for the war. 
During the Civil War New York 
City furnished 116,382 men, at a 
cost of $14,577,214.65. 

18(>3. In July a draft was 
commenced in New York City. 
July 13, 14, and 15, riots occur- 
red. Mobs had possession of 
the city for three days. Offices 
where the draft was going on 
were demolished, and the build- 
ings were burned ; stores and 
dwellings were rifled. The mob 
directed their fury particularly 
against negroes, several of whom 
were murdered. The colored or- 
phan asylum on Fifth Avenue 
was pillaged and burnt down. 
Collisions between the mob and 
the military frequently occurred. 
Many persons were killed dur- 
ing the prevalence of the riot. 
The city paid above $1,500,000 
as indemnity for losses that oc- 
curred during the riot. 



26 



CENTENNIAL — HOW TO SEE NEW YORK, ETC. 




ST. THOMAS' CHURCH, CORNER BROADWAT AND HOUSTON STREET, 1830. 



1SG6. Cliolera raged in New 
York. There were 1,212 deaths 
l3v the epidemic. 

' 1S70. New Charter passed for 
•city by Legislature. By it the 
Mayor and Coimcilmen are elect- 
ed iby the people at large. 

1871. July 12. On the occa- 
sion of a procession of Protes- 
tant Irish Orangemen, a riot oc- 
curred, the Roman Catholic Irish 
heing the aggressors. Threats 
of assault having been given, 
the Orangemen were protected 
by the military. Stones, pistols, 
and guns being discharged at the 
militia, several being killed and 
wounded, the order was given 
to the soldiers to fire on the riot- 
ers. Five soldiers, and about a 
hundred rioters were killed. In 
"this year the Tweed Ring frauds 
were exposed, and the Ring bro- 



ken. $50,000,000 was stolen from 
the city in two and a half years. 

1873. Part of Westchester 
County, comprising 1,300 acres, 
was annexed to the City of New 
York. 

1874. Jan. 13. Workingmen's 
mass meeting at Tompkins 
Square dispersed by the jjolice. 
—Nov. 30. Mayor Wm. F. Have- 
meyer died. Dec. 3. Booth's 
Theatre sold for $385,000. 

1875. Jan, 2. Mutiny on 
school-ship Mercury. Jan. 24. 
East River closed with ice, on 
which 20,000 persons crossed. 
Feb. East and North Rivers 
closed with ice ; 3,000 hydrants 
closed up ; 10,000 houses with- 
out water. St. Andrew's church 
crushed by a falling wall — 8 
killed, 28 wounded. Aug. 28. 
New Post-office opened. 




NEW YORK CITY, FROM BROOKLYN, WITH BRIDGE CROSSING THE EAST RIVER. 



NEW YORK, 

THE METROPOLIS OF THE NEW WORLD. 




MANHATTAN ISLAND.-PAST AND PRESENT. 

WO liimdred and seventy years ago the site of New 
York was an unbroken wilderness. Instead of splen- 
did streets and broad avenues, the wild hunters' winding- 
paths ; in the place of princely stores and magnificent 
dwellings, the rude wigwams of the Aborigines were to 
be found. It must have been glorious in its sublime wildness, 
covered with the grand old woods, trees planted by God's own 
hand, in whose branches the birds made the air vocal with their 
melody. Here the Indian roamed in undisturbed majesty. What 
a mighty change since the " Half Moon" first sailed up the noble 
river that bears the name of its discoverer ! Rome, the eternal 
city ; London, the metropolis of England ; Paris, the heart of 
France, and many other distinguished cities of the world, can be 
traced to similar small beginnings. 



28 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 




THE TUEATX BET^YEEN GOVEriNOK MINUIT ANI) THE AJtUKIGINES FOR THE 
SALE OF MANHATTAN ISLAND IN 1626. 

It seems almost incredible, and yet it is a matter of history, that 
in 1626 the whole Island of Manhattan was purchased from the 
natives for twenty-four dollars, or its equivalent. Compare that 
sum with the present estimated value of the real estate of the city, 
which exceeds $812,000,000. In 1650 the entire population was 
less than one thousand ; in 1876 over a million human beings live 
upon the Island. If such vast accessions of wealth and population 
have characterized the history of the past, how is it possible to 
compute the magnitude of the future in the constantly-increas- 
ing resources of the onward progress of this favored city ? 

The stranger who visits the city of New York for the first time, 
naturally desires to know something more about the "Metropolis 
OF THE New World " than has been afEorded by the limited and 
unsatisfactory sketches which have, from time to time, been pub- 
lished. The extraordinary desire for information in reference to 
the History and important Events of the past, as well as of the 
present, is generally acknowledged. There are many old and in- 
teresting localities scattered in and around the city and its suburbs 
that are unknown, even to residents of many years, and when 
pointed out, are regarded with respect and often with venera- 
tion. One of the purposes of this work is to collect and give a 
description of such points of interest as may serve to guide the 
stranger in his anxiety for historical information. 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



29 



APPROACHES TO THE CITY. 
The inland means of transit whereby a stranger may reacli tlie 
city are so numerous, well known, and constantly increasing, that 
it is considered superfluous and almost impossible to particularize 
them. Accommodations tor egress are to be found at convenient 
points of the city, the principal depots of which are given on p. 93. 

ADVICE TO STKANGEKS. 
To our friends from the 
country who are visiting the 
city for the first time, we 
offer a few suggestions that 
may assist them in their ef- 
forts to see the city to the 
best advantage, and with the 
greatest economy of time 
and convenience : 

If possible, reach the city 
in the day-time. 

Avoid being too free with 
strangers. 

On reaching the depot or 
landing, take the car or stage 
which passes nearest your 
stopping place. 

If a carriage is engaged, 
make a bargain with the 
driver before entering the 
vehicle. Your trunk or va- 
lise may accompany you ; or 
have your baggage checked 
by an authorized agent of an 
Express Company, whom you will find on the car or boat, and for 
which take his receipt. This will relieve you of further trouble, 
as your baggage can be delivered at any place in the city or vicin- 
ity, within a few hours and at a stipulated price. 

If you are obliged to make inquiries on the street, apply to a 
policeman or go into a re,spectable place of business. 
Avoid all crowds, particularly at night. 

Careful attention to your own business will insure freedom from 
annoyance or interruption. 





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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 




KAY AN)) HAUliOK OF NEW YDKK, FROM FOKT lUCHMOND. 



APPROACH FROM THE SEA. 

EW YORK, or New Amsterdam, as it formerly was 
called, is situated on Manhattan Island, at the conflu- 
ence of the Hudson and East Rivers, about eighteen 
miles from the Atlantic Ocean, in latitude 40% 42', 43". 
Its chartered limits embrace the entire Island, from the 
Battery north to Kingsbridge, a distance of thirteen and a half 
miles, with an average breadth of about two miles. It possesses 
a Bay which is one of the finest and largest in the world, and pos- 
sibly the stranger who comes from abroad to visit our first 





jm 



CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, 
or for other purposes, will discover that the entrance to the 
harbor of no other maritime port is more interesting or pic- 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



31 




SOUTH-WESTEUN END OF MANHATTAN ISLAND (NOW KNOWN AS THE BATTERY) 
AT THE TIME OF THE DISCOVERY BY HENRY HUDSON, 1609.* 

turesque. As he leans on the taffrail of the steamer, within 
whose narrow confines he feels he too long has found a home, and, 
wearied with oceanic monotony, strains his anxious eyes, longing 
to gladden them with the welcome sight of land, one of the first 
objects to meet his gaze will be the beacon on the Neversink 
Highlands of New Jersey. Next will appear that barren waste 
which has most appropriately been named Sandy Hook, with its 
lighthouse and uncompleted fortifications. As he is borne on past 
the countless reefs and buoys, Raritan Bay — in the midst of 

* " On the right, or eastern bank of the river, from its mouth, dwell the 
ManhattcB, or Manatthanes, a fierce nation, and hostile to our people, from whom, 
nevertheless, they purchased the island or point of land which separated from 
the main by Helle-gat, and where they laid the foundations of a city called New 
Amsterdam. The barbarians are divided into many nations, and the people 
differ much from one another in language, though very little in manners. 
Their clothing is composed of the skins of wild animals. Their food princi- 
pally consists of maize, or Indian corn (from which they bake cakes), fish, birds, 
and wild game. Their weapons are bows and arrows, the latter pointed with 
sharp flint-stones, or the bones of fishes. Their boats are one piece of wood, 
hollowed oiit by fire from the solid trunks of trees. Many of them have fixed 
places of abode, and dwellings built with rafters, in the form of an oven, cov- 
ered over with skins and the barks of trees, so large that they are sufficient for 
several families." — De Laet's Description of New Netherlands. 



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which, on an artificial island, are located the Quarantine buildings 
— spreads out before him on the left, washing the beach of Staten 
Island, whose hills and hights rise up against the horizon clad 
with verdure or coated with snow, and dotted here and there with 




NEW AMSTEKDAM (DUTCH GO\FKNMENT) IN lb50 THK K 
MILITARY QUARTERS ON THE BATTERY.* 

villas and cottages. Nearing the Narrows, as the neck of water 
which separates Staten from Long Island is called, the shores of 
the former will be seen to be bristling with the batteries of Forts 
Tompkins and Richmond, and those of the latter with fifteen-inch 
Rodman guns (capable of carrying a thousand-pound shot a dis- 

* " Fort George was the pride of the city in its early days. As originally con- 
structed, it was bounded by the present State, Bridge, and Whitehall streets, 
and faced the Bowling Green. It changed names often and suddenly. Chris- 
tened Fort Amsterdam by the peaceful Dutch, it became Fort James at the first 
occupation of the island by the British. When the Dutch re-occupied the city 
they gave their old stronghold the name of Fort Wilhelm Hendrick, in honor of 
the Prince of Orange. Afterward English governors gave it successively the 
names of Fort James, Fort William, and Fort William Henry. Finally the name 
Fort George was fixed upon, and that title it continued to bear until it Avas 
finally evacuated by the British. It had four points, or bastions, and could 
mount sixty guns, though Washington found but six cannon there when he first 
..occupied the city. Within the walls were the Governor's house and a chapel. 
By the time the Revolution was ended Fort George had become thoroughly hate- 
ful to the people, because of its associations with British tyranny. They had 
grown tired of seeing the royal flag floating from the flag-stafi", and petitioned 
the city authoi-ities to level the fort to the ground. Accordingly, in 1788, the 
Mayor, Aldermen, and Commonalty decreed its demolition." — J. F. Mines, in 
Scribnei-'s Magazine. 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



33 



tance of five miles), while in the stream itself stands Fort Lafay- 
ette, a dark, low, forbidding-looking structure, now little more 
than a ruin, but within whose walls many noted State prisoners 
were confined during the late Rebellion. Yonder, indenting the 
coast to the right of Fort Hamilton, is Gravesend Bay, where 
the English effected a landing (August 22, 1776) previous to the 
battle of Long Island, and a little further beyond is Coney 
Island, a famous resort, during the summer months, of lovers of 
surf-bathing. 




T^V^rn^^^f:^'^^^^^ 




NEW XOBK UNDER ENGLIbH GOVEKNMENT THE EORT, GOVERNOR'S HOUSE, 
CHURCH AND MILITARY QUARTERS ON THE BATTERY IN 1746. 

Passing on through the Narrows, the waters of the harbor are 
entered. On the right, during the passage, may be observed 
GowANUS Bay and a portion of Greenwood Cemetery, the 
Brooklyn and Erie Basins, Brooklyn City and Hights ; 
while, on the left, Staten Island continues as far as the Kill von 
KuLL, which parts it on the north from New Jersey. Bedloe's, 
Governor's, and Ellis' (formerly called Oyster) Islands, all of 
which are fortified, are now in view, as is also the Island op 
Manhattan (the Indian name was Manahatta), on which New 
York has been built. Lying between two broad rivers, the Hud- 
son and the East, which separate it from Jersey City and Brook- 
lyn, it presents a most imposing appearance, with its miles of 
wharfing and shipping on either side. The first point observable 
is that part of the lower end of the city termed " The Battery," 
so called because once the site of a battery erected there by the 
early settlers. 



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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 



THE BATTERY, 

whic"h is now one of the pleasantest of our several miniature parks, 
and whicli commands a most picturesque view, is closely identified 
with the earlier history of New York. The adventurous Hudson 
paused in his voyage of discovery, anchored that quaint Dutch 
lugger, The Half Moon, and landed on its inviting shores in Sep- 
tember, 1609 ; here the pristine fortifications of New Amsterdam 
were thrown up, the first of which being erected in 1623 ; and 
here, too, the first basin for the reception of vessels was inclosed^ 




the first wharf being built by Daniel Litschoe, a tavern keeper, in 
1654, near the foot of Broad street, Pearl street then forming the 
water line. Within its confines the " Liberty Boys" were wont to 
hold their patriotic meetings immediately preceding the outbreak 
of the Revolution ; General Washington and many of his officers 
once were familiar with its shaded walks ; the British forces under 
Sir Guy Carleton, evacuating the city, embarked from this 
point, Nov. 25, 1783 (a date still remembered and celebrated as 
Evacuation Day). What were then considered palatial mansions 
loomed up here and there, and among the spreading trees — some 
of which may yet be seen — the elite of fashionable society at one 



AND ITS EXVIROXS. ILLUSTRATED. 35 

time were accustomed to stroll, and even less than half a century 
ago this was a favorite promenade. 

One of the most prominent features of the Battery is that gro- 
tesque old building known as Castle Garden. Unseemly as its 
appearance now is, its story is not uninteresting. Its site originally 
was occupied by a fort (known as Castle Clinton), which finally 
gave place to a Summer Garden, to which fact it owes its name, 
and the location being a good one, it speedily became a social 
resort of no little note. It was here the Corporation publicly 
welcomed many distinguished visitors, principal among whom 
may be mentioned the Marquis de Lafayette (1824), General 
Jackson (1832), and President Tyler (1843). On the occasion of 
its next change of character it was opened as a concert-hall, and 
when Jenny Lind came to America in 1850, she made her debut 
on its stage in September of that year. Mario, Grisi, St. Jul- 
LiEN, and many other great artistes, have held the public spell- 
bound within its walls. But both business and residences were 
gradually creeping uptown-wards, and new halls and places of 
amusement more conveniently situated were found to be neces- 
sary, and the old stand-by was soon forgotten, and in 1858 the 
Commissioners of Emigration took possession of it, since which 
time it has served as a landing depot for emigrants. 

For a number of years previous to 1870, the Battery, which dur- 
ing the late Rebellion was used by the United States Government 
as a barrack-station, was neglected and allowed to go to ruin, but 
during 1870 and 1871 it was re-laid out and improved to its present 
condition. On its eastern water front are situated the Staten 
Island and the Atlantic and Hamilton (both ferries to Brooklyn) 
ferry -houses, from whose doors may be taken various stage and 
horse-car lines for the upper part of the city. 

Whitehall street — named after a fifteen-gun battery which 
stood at its foot in 1695 — leads from this part of the Battery to 
Bowling Green and Broadway. The Dutch called it WincJcel-strnat 
(the shop street), in 1656, and paved it in 1658. Its most notable 
building of to-day is the Corn Exchange. Before reaching the 
Green it will be necessary to cross Pearl, Bridge, and Stone streets, 
each of which are deserving of notice. 

What is now known as Pearl street — extending in an irregu- 
lar course from the Battery to Broadway — has borne a variety of 
names. West of Broad street it was called Perel-straat, in 1656, 
and east of Broad street, Hoogh-straat. Other parts of it were 



36 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 

termed Smith's Valley, the Waal, and the Water -side, during 1657 ; 
Dock street and Gi^eat Queen street, in 1691 ; and Queen street, in 
1798. In 1797 these sections, which then extended as far as Chat- 
ham street, were consolidated under one title, Pearl street. 
Beyond this point it was styled Magazine street, until 1807, since 
when it has borne as an entirety its present title. On this street, 
at the head of Coenties' Slip, the City Hall of New Amsterdam was 
built in 1642. Here the Schout, Burgomasters, and Schepens held 
their sessions. It was torn down in 1700. Near by, between 
Whitehall and Broad streets, was located the Custom House, in 
1728, and the first church, erected in 1626, was on the same 
block. 

Stone street, originally Brouwer-straat (the brewer's street), 
received its present name in 1676, and was the second street paved 
with stone (1657). Bridge street was called de Brugh-straat, 
because it led to a bridge across a ditch or canal, at the foot of 
Broad street. The Battery, Whitehall and Bridge streets, and 
Bowling Green, were the boundaries of the old fort which Van 
T wilier built in 1638, at an expense of $1,680. This was consid- 
ered at the time to be an immense fortification, and contained the 
Governor's house, a church, officers' quarters, and a garrison of 
three hundred soldiers. 

BOWLING GREEN. 

Bowling Green is by no means devoid of historical associations. In 
the old Dutch times it was the green of the village, " the scene of 
festive occasions and public rejoicings, the parade of the military, 
and treaty ground with the savages." In 1659 it served as a cattle- 
mart, and in 1676 a market-fair was held there on Thursdays, Fri- 
days, and Saturdays. It was known as The Parade in 1728, and 
in 1732 the Corporation directed that some land at the lower end 
of Broadway should be enclosed " to make a Bowling Green, with 
walks therein, for the beauty and ornament of said street, as well 
as for the delight of the inhabitants of this city." The iron rail- 
ing which now surrounds the park in the center of the Green, was 
placed there in 1770 to protect a leaden equestrian statue of George 
III., erected that year. Six years later, on the evening when tLe 
Declaration of Independence was read to the populace of New 
York, this statue was pulled down and melted into bullets, pro- 
ducing, it is said, forty-two thousand. Each iron rail of the fence 
was ornamented with a ball, but these were knocked ofE at the 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



37 



same time, and were afterwards used as cannou ammunition. The 
pedestal was carried away also, and, as late as 1855, it served as 
doorstep to the Van Vorst residence in Jersey City. On the south- 
east border of the Green, where now stand a row of brick build- 
ings used as steamship company offices, a mansion was erected for 
George Washington, which, however, he never occupied, owing- 
to the removal of the General Government from the city. For a 
time it was the abode of Gov. George Clinton and of John Jay, 
and for several years it was used as the Custom-office. 

Here, at Bowling Green, Broadway, the grandest of modern 
thoroughfares, has its beginning. 



BROADWAY. 

In 1656, when the streets of New Amsterdam were named, 
Broadway was called De Heere-straat (principal street), and in 1677 
it received its present title. In 1791, that portion north of Cham- 
bers street was 
known as Great 
George street, 
but in 1804 that 
name was drop- 
ped. In 1665 
it boasted of 
only twenty-one 
buildings, but 
in two years the 
number was in- 
creased to sixty- 
five. It was the 
first street of 
the citv that Washington house. — no. 1 broadwat. 

was lighted at night, in conformity with an ordinance passed in 
1697, which ordered that the inhabitants of " every seaventh house 
doe every night in the darke time of the moon, until the 25 March 
next, cause a lanthorn and a candle to be hung out on a pole every 
night. The charge to be defrayed in equal proportion by the In- 
habitants." 

No. 1 Broadway, built by Captain Kennedy in 1760, formerly 
known as the Kennedy, and now as the Washington House, was 
occupied at different times during the Revolution by Lords Howe 




38 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 

and CoRNWALLis, Sir Henry Clinton, and General Washington, 
and it was in one of its rooms that the ill-fated Major Andre re- 
ceived his last instructions. During Talleyrand's exile in this 
country, in 1793 and 1794, he resided here for a time. No. 3 was 
the residence of the traitor Benedict Arnold, after his desertion 
from the Continental army and his entrance into English service. 
No 11, noted as having been the site of the famous tavern of Bur- 
gomaster Martin Kruger, and as the King's Arms in 1763, was the 
head-quarters of General Gage when the Revolution broke out, 

A short distance north of Morris street, on the west side of 
Broadway, was situated the first graveyard of New Amsterdam, of 
which one Claes Van Elslant was grave-digger. In 1676 it was 
divided into four lots, 25 by 100, and sold at auction. A few years 
ago the Empire building, built of sandstone, on the corner of Rec- 
tor street and Broadway, was considered quite a handsome edifice, 
but it now looks very plain when compared with the massive and 
rather too gorgeous structures which of late have raised their 
heads along the great thoroughfare, and it is possible that in the 
eyes of some its plainness and simplicity may be preferable to the 
ostentatious pretension of many of its rivals. Passing down Rec- 
tor to New Church street, the Western Union Telegraph Com- 
pany's instrument manufactory may be seen, and next above it, 
constructed of sandstone, is the Trinity School. Strolling along 
Church to Cortlandt street, a very substantial looking building 
looms up. It is the Coal and Iron Exchange. The first story is 
of gray marble, the five upper stories are of brick trimmed with 
marble, the whole surmounted with a steep Mansard roof, with a 
tower on the southeast corner. 

Returning to Broadway, will be discovered, facing Wall street, 

TRINITY CHURCH AND GRAVEYARD. 

The first Trinity Church was erected in 1696, and incorporated 
as the Parish Church in 1697. The Rev. Wm. Vesey was the first 
rector. The church was enriched in 1703 by a gift from Queen 
Anne of what was then known as the King's Farm, and again in 
1705 by the presentation of the Queen's Farm — a tract of land 
extending from St. Paul's church, bounded by Broadway and the 
Hudson river, to Skinner's Road, now Christopher street. The 
church was enlarged in 1735, and again in 1737. It was burned in 
the great fire of 1776, but was rebuilt in 1778, and consecrated by 
Bishop Provost in 1791, It was torn down in 1839 to give place 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



39 



te the present structure, which was completed and opened in 1848. 
The Trinity Church of to-day is entirely of brown stone, the roof 
excepted. The building is 190 feet long, 80 feet 
wide, and with the spue is 284 feet in hight 
That part of the tow ei to which visitors are per 
nutted to climb is 198 feet in hight, and com- 
mands one of tlie hnest views in New York 
The chimes of Tiinity aie not surpassed b} any 
in the city, possibly by none in the counti> 

The gia\eyaid which suirounds the 
church should not be neglected by the 
sight seer Manj Huguenot letugees are 




TRINITY CHURCH, BROADWAY, 1876. 

buried there, as also are a number of persons of more or less emi- 
nence. Alex. Hamilton, Gen. Lamb, Col. Marinus Willets, 
Capt. Lawrence and Lieut. Ludlow of the Chesapeake, Robert 
Fulton, Albert Gallatin, Earl of Sterling, and Gen. Phil. 



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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 



Kearney, are among the number. Thousands have read the sad 
but true story of Charlotte Temple, and will be interested in the 
fact that she sleeps here in peace. In the northeastern corner of 
the £:rounds, facing Broadway, a costly monument has been erected 
in honor of the memory of the hundreds of patriots who perished 
in the prison hulks while the English held possession of the city 
during the Revolution. 

WALL STREET. 

This well-known thoroughfare, which extends from Trinity 
Church to the East River, originally formed the line of fortification 
erected in 1653, in protection of the city — hence its name, tlie 




WALL AND BROAD STREETS. DUEXEL BUILDING AND NEW YORK STOCK 
EXCUANGE. 



Wacds, or Wall street. It has been called De Cingel af te Stradf 
Waal, or the Walk along the City Wall (1665), the Walls (1677), 
and since 1695 it has borne its present title. The city wall was 
thrown up in 1653, and strengthened with palisades or posts, set 
six feet apart, sided up with boards. Its length was 2,340 feet, 
and its cost was about $1,500. Two stone bastions were constructed 
on its line, one on the corner of Wall and Broadway, and the other 
at William and Wall streets. 

At Nassau street stands the U. S. Treasury and Assay Office 
building, which lately was the Custom-house. In former days 
this was the site of the " New City Hall," erected in 1700 (see p. 
20), and which was called Federal Hall in 1789. In front of the 
City Hall there were placed in 1709 a cage, whipping-post, pillory,. 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



41 



and stocks, for the punishment of criminals. Within its doors 
were held the sessions of the Common Council, Provincial Assem- 
bly, Supreme Court, and the Mayor and Admiralty Courts. It also 
was the place for elections, and, for a time, was used as the City 
Prison. One of its chambers contained the Public Library, which 
the English destroyed during the Revolution ; the first Congress 
under the Constitution met within its walls, and from its balcony, 
which overlooked the street, Washington was inaugurated 
FIRST President of the United States, April 30, 1789.* After the 
National Government was removed to Philadelphia, the Courts and 
State Legislature were held here until the Capitol was established 
in Albany, in 1797. Opposite, on the corner of Wall and Broad 
streets, is the Drexel Building, of white marble and the Renais- 
sance style, built at an expense of $700,000 by Drexel, Morgan & 
Co., bankers. A few doors from Wall, on Broad street, is situated 
the New York Stock Exchange, a place that every curiosity- 
seeker ought to visit dur- 
ing his stay in the city. 
Strangers are admitted to 
the Spectator's Gallery 
during the session of the 
Board. Looking down 
from the gallery upon the 
surging mass of human 
beings in their wild con- 
fusion and yells, you have 
some idea of grand festi- 
val at a lunatic asylum 
when the keepers are ab- 
sent, or of the impressive 
scene that might be fur- 
nished at a well-organized 
human pandemonium. The scene must be witnessed to be under- 
stood and appreciated. 

Elbowing a way through the set of sharpers who are known as 
"Curbstone Brokers," and who crowd the pavement of the upper 
part of Broad street, and passing on, Fraunces' Tavern, originally 
the De Lancey Mansion, will be seen at the juncture of Broad 
and Pearl streets. When the Continentals took possession of the 




FRAUNCES' TAVEBN,— NOW STANDING. 



* " This auspiciovis ceremony took place under tbe portico of Federal Hall, 
upon the balcony, in the immediate presence of both Houses of Congress, and 
in lull view of the crowds that thronged the adjacent streets. The oath was 
administered by Chancellor Livingston, and when the illustrious chief had. 
kissed the book,t the Chancellor, with a loud voice proclaimed, ' Long live 
George Washington, President of the United States.' Never shall I forget the 
thrilling effect of the thundering cheers which broke forth, as from one voice, 
peal after peal, from the assembled multitude." —Dr. Duer's Oration. 

t The Bible on which Washington took the oath of office, as President, was then and is 
now the property of St. John's Lodpe No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons, at that time hold- 
ins: its meetingrs in the Oity Hotel, Broadway 



42 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 

city, after its evacuation by the British, Washington made this 
hotel his head-quarters, and it was in one of its second-story rooniK 
that he bade farewell to his Generals at the close of the war (Dec. 
4, 1788).* 

Broad street from this point (which was once the water front) to the 
City Hall, was a marshy piece of land, and was drained by means of 
a canal which, in 1657, was " sided with boards stuck endwise into 
the ground, to prevent the caving-in of its banks, which occurred 
after high tides." At the mouth of this dike was the landing- 
place for vessels. The street was called by the Dutch De Heere- 
graft, the principal drain. 

Again approaching Wall street, this time by the way of Pearl 
Street, Hanover Square, once a market-place, will be perceived 
on the left. In this square is located the new Cotton Exchange. 
On the corners of Pearl and Wall Streets are the Marine and the 
Seamen's Savings Bank, and No. 88 Wall Street is the Tontine 
Building. At the foot of Wall Street, where now there is a ferry 
to Brooklyn, there was, in 1709, a slave-market (see p. 17), " at 
which place all negro and Indian slaves to be let out, or to hire, 
or to be sold, took their stand." 




NEW Y(«IK CUSTOM-HOUSK. — WALL STKEET. 

On the block between Exchange Place and William Street, now 
occupied by the Custom-House — the erection of which cost 

* "The house then occupied by Samuel Fraunces was better kuown in that 
day as the De Lancey Mansion. It was built by Stephen De Lancey in 1724, and 
stood at the corner of Broad and Dock Streets. Forty years afterward it was 
discovered to be too far down town, and it was sold to Samuel Fraunces, the 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ll.LUSTRATEI). 



43 



$1,800,000 — formerly stood the old Merchants' Exchange (built in 
1825), a building of great renown in its day, where, from 1827 to 

1835, was located the Post- 
office. It was destroyed 
by the great fire of Decem- 
ber 16, 1835. Opposite, 
corner of Wall and Wil- 
liam Streets, is the Bank 
of New York, a handsome 
structure of brick, with 
brown stone trimmings. 




•'T'SCHAAPE WAYTIE." or "THE SHEEP WALK," IN 1G76 ; GARDEN STREET 
IN 1776 ; THE SAME LOCALITY (EXCHANGE PLACE), IN 1876.* 

Delmouico of his day, who was made steward of Washington's household when 
the first President resided in New York. Fraunces, who from the swarthiuess 
of his complexion was generally spoken of as "Black Sam,' had a genius for 
cookery, and was a connoisseur in wines. He opened the house as a tavern in 
1771. When the British entered the city on the 15th of Sept , 1776. Fraunces 
fled, and his house was occupied by British officers. He did not retvirn until 
Nov. 2.5th, 1783. After the Americans occupied Fort George, Washington took 
up his headquarters at Fraunces's Tavern. The old house is still standing, but 
it has been gutted once or twice by fire, and changed very much in rebuilding. 

•' A daughter of 'Black Sam.' Phoebe Fraunces. was Washington's housekeeper 
when he had his headquarters in New York in the spring of 1776, and was the 
means of defeating a conspiracy against his life. Gov. Tryon. and other Tories, 
had laid a plot to seize the city. One part of the plan was the poisoning of the 
American commander. Its immediate airent was to be Thomas Hickey. a de- 
serter from the British army, who had become a member of Washington's body 
guard. Fortunately the conspirator fell desperately in love with Phcebe 
Fraunces, and made her his confidant. She revealed the plot to her father, and 
at an opportune moment the denouement came. Hickey was arrested and tried 
by court-martial. He confessed his crime and revealed the details of the plot. 
A few days afterward he was hanged at the intersection of Grand and Christie 
streets, in the presence of 20,000 spectators."— J. F. Mines, in Scrihner. 

* This was a parcel of upland and meadow, which was used as a public pas- 



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CENTENNIAL — -HOW TO SEE NEW Y0K3 



NASSAU STREET. 

The original name of this narrow thoroughfare was " the street 
that leads by the Pie- woman's." It was laid out in 1700, and in 
1728 was called Nassau, below John Street, and above, Kip Street ; 

but in 1791 its entire 
length received its pres- 
ent title. Between Pine 
and Cedar Streets, a 
splendid marble build- 
ing has been erected by 
the Continental Life 
Insurance Co. Be- 
tween Cedar and Liberty 
Streets may be seen the 
Middle Dutch Church, 
one of the few old land- 
marks of which New 
York may well be proud. 
This church, one of the 
three old Dutch houses 
of worship, the South 
22. 24, AND 26 NASSAU sTKEET. (Garden Street, now Ex- 

change Place), the Middle, and the North (Fulton and William 
Streets), names with which all New Yorkers are familiar, was 
dedicated to the Almighty in 1729. It underwent some altera- 
tions in 1764.* On the opposite side of the street are many stately- 
buildings used as banking and mercantile houses. 

The next street beyond Liberty, is Maiden Lane, which derives 
its name from the fact that the Knickerbocker maidens were wont 
to assemble here (where now are located some of the largest whole- 
sale silver ware and jewelry houses in the city), to gossip and meet 
their beaux. In those days it was called De Maagde-padje, or 
Maiden's path. Fly (the principal) Market was located at the foot 
of this street, in 1816. From Nassau Street to Broadway is only 
one block. 




ture for sheep, dnrinp the period of the Dutch possession. It lay along the 
south side of the citv ramparts, which stretched across the island (about forty- 
feet from the present north line of Wall Street), extending down the hill to the 
marsh and ditch, which commenced in Broad Street, opposite the x^resent Ex- 
change Place. Hanover Square and Broad Street. 

A considerable impetus to improvement was given by the purchase, in the 
year 1691, by the Dutch congregation, of ground for the erection of a new edifice 
of worship. ' For the purpose tliej purchased 180 feet front on the north side of 
the TuYN. or Garpkn Stkeet (present Exchange Place), about the middle of the 
block, between William and Broad Streets, for which they gave about thirty 
dollars a lot. 

* From the belfry of this church Feanklin flew his silken kite, and taught the 
lightning he was its master (17o2). During the Revolution, it was used by the 
British as a prison and riding-school. From 1845 until 1875. it served as the 
general Post-office. It is to be hoped that the hand of modern improvement will 
spare this monument of the olden time. 



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BROADWAY AGAIN. 

Adjoining the churchyard of Trinity is Trinity Building, which 
is occupied by Insurance and Law offices, and representatives of 

the Coal trade. At Cedar Street 

"^ "" " ""^ the Equitable Life Insurance edi- 

fice, of Quincy and Maine granite, 
rears its lofty head. Between 
this company and the Mutual 
Life Insurance Co. (142 and 144 
Broadway) there ever has been a 
rivalry, and when this structure 
was erected it overtopped 
that of the Mutual in 
hight. Whereupon the 
Mutual building was 
hightened to exceed in 
altitude that of its rival. 
Immediately after 
^ this the Equitable 
j Co. , determined not 
to be outdone, add- 
ed a number of feet 
to their palace, since 
when the Mutual 
have desisted from 
further emulation. 
In the same vicini- 
ty may also be seen 
the American Ex- 
change Bank, con- 
structed of brown 
stone. The tall 
spires of the Western Union Telegraph Co. rise up far above all 
rivals, at the corner of Broadway and Dey Street. A visit to their 
operating rooms could not fail to be interesting. Near at hand, at 
the junction of Fulton Street, looms up the structure of the Even- 
ing Post newspaper, one of the oldest and most substantial even- 
ing papers in this city, of which William Cullen Bryant, the 
eminent American poet, is the nominal editor. 




KAPH DUILDINU, 



FULTON STREET. 

This street crosses the city from river to river, beginning and 
ending, it may be said, in the two largest markets in America : — 
the Washington (originally Bear Market), on the Hudson River 
side, and the Fulton on the East River side. In earlier days, it 
was known as Partition Street, west of Broadway and Fai?' Street, 
east of that thoroughfare. Where now stands the massive Ben- 



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NETT Building, Nassau and Fulton, once stood tlie old Herald offices, 
and a block further on, at William Street, miglit, until 1875, liave 

been seen the North Dutch 
Church, which was built in 
1767, at a cost of $60,000, and 
dedicated May 25, 1769. The 
English turned it into a pris- 
on and a hospital during the 
war for Independence. Re- 
paired and re-opened in De- 
cember, 1784, it served as a 
house of worship until its re- 
cent demolition. 

On the ojDposite corner, 
on the site of the original 
Shakespeare Hotel (kept by- 
John C. Stoneall), is the New 
York Commercial Adver- 
tiser, an evening paper of 
great respectability, estab- 
lished in 1794, by the emi- 
nent American lexicographer 
Noah Webster, under the ti- 
tle of The Minerva. 

Returning once more to 
Broadway, St. Paul's Church 
meets the eye, occupying the 
entire block between Fulton 
and Vesey Streets. Its erec- 
tion was commenced in 1763, 
and its dedication occurred 
October 30, 1766.* There it 
stands, on the most crowded 
portion of Broadway, a ven- 
erable relic of the past, clustered with important and interesting 
associations. Around it are the graves of the dead of several gen- 
erations. Under its great front window is a mural monument, 
erected to the memory of General Montgomery, who fell at the 
siege of Quebec, in 1775. 

Opposite St. Paul's Church is the Park National Bank, next to 
which, on the former site of Scudder's, afterwards Barnum's old 
American Museum, is the new Herald Building.f Acron.s the 




EVENING POST BUILDINCJ. 



* After Washington's inauguration ceremonies, " he retii-ed to St. Paul's, with 
his officers, to unite in suitable religious services." He also frequently partook 
of the Lord's Supper before its altar. 

t The New York Herald was first issued from an office in Wall Street, May 6, 
1835, and at the decease (June, 1872) of its founder and editor, James Gordon 
Bennett, the elder, boasted of the largest circulation of any newspaper in 
America. It is now conducted with great enterprise and spirit by the son of 



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way, and extending from Vesey to Barclay Street, stands the Astor 
House, once the most famous hotel in the United States, now none 
the less popular, and conducted on the European plan. 

One of the most prominent structures in 
this vicinity is the new Post-Office. Built 
upon the lower end of the City Hall Park, 
constructed of Maine granite, and of a some- 
what triangular shape, it extends 130 feet 
along Broadway and 320 feet along Park 
Row. The cellar, basement, and first and 
second stories are used for postal purposes, 
and upon other floors may be found the 
United States Court rooms, the Law Libra- 
ry, Marshal's and other government offices. 
At the corner of Beekman Street and 
Park Row is the New York World build- 




ST. PAUL S CHURCH, BROADWAY. 

ing.* On Beekman, corner of Cliff Street, formerly rose the spire 
of St. George's Chapel, which was built in 1752, burned down 
in 1814, and rebuilt immediately afterward, only to be demolished 
a few years ago. The old Park Theatre was located on Park 
Row, between Ann and Beekman Streets. Built in 1798, burned 
in 1820, it was rebuilt in 1821, but again burned in 1849. 

the founder, who inherits the tact and talent of his father. Its organization for 
the gathering of news extends to all the countries of the world, and to every 
great city. Its editorial discuission is of the highest order, and the return of its 
advertising columns is equal to a gold mine. 

* This paper, the leading Democratic organ of the city, was first issued June 
14, 18G0, as a one cent religious daily, and over $300,000 were expended before It 
became a ijaying journal. Its ultimate success is due to the energy and ability 
of Mr. Manton Marble, who bought it in 1861, and changed it to its present 
character. 



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Pahk Row terminates in Printing-lioiise Square, in the midst of 
wliicli there now stands a statue of Benjamin Franklin. The 
most remarkable structure in the square is that of the New York 
Tribune, which occupies the former site of the low, dingy building 




NEW YORK GENERAL POST-OFFICE. 

wherein Horace Greeley, the founder of this journal, pursued 
his editorial labors. Rising to a great higlit, and surmounted by 
a tall tower, it is observable at a considerable distance. Near at 
hand are the offices of the New York Times and The Sun.* 

* The New York Tribune, now one of the leading newspapers of this city, was 
first issned April 10, 1841, by Horace Greeley, at No. 30 Ann Street, price one 
cent a copy. It was for many years the leading organ of the Whig and Republi- 
can parties, and has always been conducted with distinguished ability. 

The Times, established by Henry J. Raymond in 1851, to day is the most in- 
fluential Republican organ in the country. On this block was erected, in 1768, 
the Old Brick Church, which was used as a prison and hospital by the British, 
during the Revolution, and which was removed in 1846. 

The Sun, the first penny paper published in the United States, was issued by 
Benjamin H. Day, in 1832 ; soon alter it passed into the hands ot Moses Y. 
Beach, but it exerted little or no influence previous to 1867, when Ciias. A. Dana 
assumed its editorship. Its circulation now equals that of any of the dailies. 



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ASTOR HOUSE, BAECLAY STREET SIDE. — MACOY, PUBLISHER, ETC. 

Where once was located Tryon Row, at present looms up the 
edifice of the Staats Zeitung, the most prominent and largely cir- 
culated German newspay)er in the United States. Almost opposite 




NEW YORK STAATS ZEITUNG BUILDING. 



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are the oflBces of the New York Daily News, which boasts of a 
circulation of 100,000, 

THE CITY HALL PARK. 

The City Hall Park, which 
was without the city limits un- 
til 1780, has been known from 
time to time under several 
names : the Vlachte, or Flats ; 
the Fields ; the Common, and 
the Park. A powder-house 
was erected in 1684, where the 
City Hall now stands, and 
which was displaced in 1733 
by the erection of the first pub 
lie building within the limits 
of the Park, for the purposes 
of a Poor-house, Here, pre- 
vious to the war for Independ- 
ence, the people were accus- 
tomed to assemble to celebrate 
in various festivities the king's 
birthday and other holidays. 
In the early days of the Revo- 
lution, it was occupied only, 
on its northern side, by a long 
line of wooden Barracks, in- 
closed within a high board 
fence ; and by the " New. Jnil," 
afterward knovra as " The Pro- 
xost,'"^ and now as the Hall 
THE TRIBUNE BO .uDiNc. ^f Records. The first Liberty 

Pole was raised in the Park, June 4, 1766, and after the passage 




* The Provost was destined, says Pintakd. for the more notorious rebels, 
civil and militai'y. An admission into this modern bastile was enough to appal 
the stoutest heart. At the entrance door two sentinels were posted, day and 
night. Two moi'e at the first and second barricades, which were grated, barred, 
and chained ; also, at the rear flight of stairs, leading to the rooms and cells in 
the second and third stories. When a prisoner, escorted by soldiers, was led 
into the hall, the wliole guard was paraded, and he was delivered over, with all 
formality, to Capt. Cunningham or his deputy, and questioned as to his name, 
rank, size, age, etc., all of which were entered in a record book. What with the 
bristling of arms, unbolting of bars and locks, clanking of enormous iron 
chains, and a vestibule as dark as Erebus, the unfortunate captive might well 
shrink under this infernal sight and parade of tyrannical power, as he crossed 
the threshold of that door which possibly closed on him for life. In this 
gloomy abode were incarcerated, at different periods, many American officers 
and citizens of distinction, awaiting, with sickening hope, the protracted period 
of their liberation. Could those dumb walls speak, what scenes of anguish 
might they not disclose ! The Captain and his Deputy were enabled to fare 
sumptuously, by dint of curtailing the prisoners' rations, exchanging good for 
bad provisions, and other embezzlements. In the drunken orgies that usually 



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and attempted enforcement of tlie Stamp Act, tlie Liberty Boys*'*" 
began to hold popular indignation meetings here, in protest against 




PROVOST JAIL (1776), NOW THE H.U:.L OF KKCOKD.S (187G). 

British aggression and tyranny, f In 1776 the Liberty Pole (which 
had stood for eight years) was cut down and destroyed by Cap. Cun- 
ningham, Provost Marshal, who, during the occupation of the city 

terminated his dinners, Cunningham would order the rebel prisoners to turn 
out and parade for the amusement of his guests, pointing them out, " This is 
the d— d rebel. Col. Ethan Allen," " that is a rebel judge," etc. 

* The principal feature of Broadway, opposite the Fields (as the Park was 
called), during many years, were several public gardens. Among these was that 
of Mr. Montaguie, near the northerly corner of Murray Street. This garden 
became notable in the political history of the times, as having been the head- 
quarters of the Liberty Boys. It was opposite his premises, on the Fields, that 
the Sous of Liberty raised their successive liberty poles, which were as often 
demolished by the soldiers and tory faction. 

t In 1776, while the 
troops, under the com- 
mand of Gen. Washing- 
ton, were in the city, a 
portion of them occupied 
the Common, and here 
the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence was published 
to the army. The Com- 
mander received an offi- 
cial copy of the immortal 
document on the 9th of 
July, "with instructions 
to have it read to the 
troops. He immediately 
issued an order for the 
several brigades then in 
or near the city, to be 
drawn up at six o'clock 
that evening, to hear it 
read. The brigades were 
formed in hollow squares heading the declaration of independence, 1776. 
on their respective pa- 
rades. The hollow square was formed at the spot wherethe upper portion of the 
Post-office now stands, and opposite Beekman Street. Washington was within 
the square, on horseback, and the Declaration was read in a clear voice by one of 
his aids. When it was concluded, three hearty cheers were given."— Lossing. 




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F 



"11 p by tlie English, earned a most unen- 
ch viable reputation by liis brutal treat- 
ment of the patriot prisoners confined 
in the various jails under his charge. 




BEOADWAY, THE PARK, CITY HALL, AND COUNTY COURT HOUSK. 

When the erection of the present City Hall was commenced in 
1803, it was not supposed that the city ever would extend much 




KXECUTION OF A SLAVE, FOR AKS()N, ON THE FIKLBS, ON THE SITE OF THE 
COUNTY COURT HOUSE, 1700. 



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53 



beyond this point, and, it is said, it was not considered expedient 
to go to much expense beautifying the rear of the building, — con- 
sequently it was allowed to remain plain brown stone. In the 
Governor's room, in the City Hall, may be seen a chair and table 
used by George Washington, and many portraits of New York 
governors, and other prominent men, among whom may be men- 
tioned Lafayette, Washing- 
ton, Bolivar, Columbus, and y — '"'^ " *^"^ 

Andrew Jackson. " ^.^^^M. r^^^^^ ^ ^ 

Immediately in the rear 
of the City Hall is the New- 
Court House. The site on 

which the Court House now \\%% i ^ '3_ ^ ^' T T 
stands, being far fiom the "-^^ ^ i---"- ^ -i L 

business portion of the city. 





BROADWAY AND MURRAY STREKT AS IT WAS IN 1830, AND AS IT IS IN 

1876. 



was used, in early times, as a place for hanging slaves and others 
guilty of heinous crimes. 

The northern boundary of the Park is Chambers Street, along 
which there ran, in Knickerbocker times, a line of palisades, 
strengthened here and there with block houses. A little farther 
beyond was Gallows Hill, where American prisoners, when con- 
demned to death, were executed at night, and on its border was 
the Fresh-Water Pond. Opposite the Park, at one corner of 
Warren Street, is one of the clothing establishments of Devlin & 
Co., on the other corner is the American branch of the far-famed 
house of Cook & Son, of London, the Tourists' Agency. 



54 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 

FROM THE PARK TO CANAL STREET. 
The marble building at Broadway and Chambers Street is A. T, 



Stewakt's wholesale store. His 



retail business was carried on. 
here only a few years ago. 
Washington Hall, quite cele- 
brated as a social resort in its 
day, once occupied this spot. 




BROADWAY, BETWKEN CHAMBERS AND READE STREETS— THREE PERIODS t 1. 
NEGRO BURIAL GROUND, 1760 ; 2. WASHINGTON HALL, 1841 ; 3. STEWART'S 
WHOLESALE STORE, 1876. 

and in yet earlier times the Negro Bltiying Ground was located 
here. Opposite is one of Delmonico's famous restaurants, for- 
merly the Irving House. 

About 1818 improvements were rapidly made on Broadway. In 

1827 the Masonic Hall 
was built, near Pearl 
Street. After the "Anti- 
Masonic excitement," 
the prosperity of the 
Masonic Hall gradually 
waned, and its name was 
changed to Gothic Hall. 
A few years since it was 
demolished to give place 
to the present elegant 
buildings on the site of 
Xos. 814 and 316. 

Where Thomas Street 
now has its beginning on 
Broadway, there were 
some very fine grounds, 
in the midst of which 
was erected the New 
York Hospital. Its corner stone was laid Sept. 12, 1773, but be- 
fore its completion a portion of the building was destroyed by fire. 




BROADWAY, BETWEEN DUANE AND PEARL STREETS, 
MASONIC (GOTHIC) HALL, 1830. 



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BROADWAY, BETWEEN ANTHONY AND PEARL 
STREETS, 1856. BROADWAY THEATRE. 



In 1783 the English used it for Barracks ; in 1788 the Doctor's 
Blot occurred. In 1868 the property was leased for business pur- 
poses, the old landmark was doomed to destruction, and on its 
site many splendid buildings have been erected. 

The block between Pearl 
and Anthony (now Worth) 
Streets, was chiefly occupied 
by a brewery, soon after the 
Revolution. In after years 
the Broadway Theatre was 
the principal building on this 
block, which was destined to 
stand but a short period, its 
site is now occupied by the 
spacious stores Nos. 336 and 
328. 

From Anthony (Worth) to 
Catharine Lane, in 1800, but 
one house occupied the block. 
In 1836 a church edifice was 
erected, originally called the 
Sixth Free Presbyterian 
Church. Its name was af- 
terwards changed to The Tabernacle, and Rev, J, P. Thomp- 
son officiated as minister for several years. The building stood in 
the rear, but the entrance was from Broadway, at No. 340. 

On the block be- 
tween Catharine lane 
and Leonard Street, 
two small frame 
houses stood, before 
the grade of the 
street was lowered. 
These afterward 
gave place to the ele- 
gant edifice erected 
by the New York So- 
ciety Library. This 
association occupied 
the premises until 
1853, when they sold 
to Appleton & Co. 
The premises were 
soon after sold to the 
New York Life In- 
surance Company, 
on which has been 
erected one of the most elegant buildings in the city, the company 
occupjang a portion of the premises. 




BROADWAY, BETWEEN ANTHONY AND LEONARD STS. 
TABERNACLE AND SOCIETY LIBRARY. 1853. 



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In olden times, 
way to New York, 



when itinerant circus performers found their 
they were accustomed to exhibit on the hill 
about the Collect, 
a little north of 
White Street, and 
known as Rick- 
ett's Mammoth 
Amphitheatre. 

In due time, the 
street was graded, 
and improvements 
made by the erec- 
tion of elegant 
residences, which 
have in their turn 
succumbed to the 
insatiable demand 
of business. At the 
corner of Walker 
brief period ; at 404, 
410, Enterprise Hall ; 




NEW YORK LIKE INSURANCE COMPANY S BUILDING 

Street Florence's Hotel flourished for a 
Concert (afterward the Minerva) Hall ; 
413, Apollo Rooms 

One of the most noted build ^-^ 

ings on the west side of Broad ~ ~ 




ilfll 



WHITh CONDI 11 HOUbE, 1776 



N>\\ YORK c.\^r)l•^ 1828 



way, before the street was graded, between Anthony and Leonard 
Streets, on the Kalckhook Hill, overlooking the country, was the 
White Conduit House, kept by Mons. Corri, a Frenchman, and 
afterward known as Mt. Vernon Garden, now occupied by the ele- 
gant stores, Nos. 353, 355, 357. 

In 1809, John H. Contoit removed from opposite the Park, to a 
more eligible spot between Leonard and Franklin Streets, where 
he opened his celebrated New York Garden, which he held for 
more than forty years. This place was noted for the richness of 
its refreshments, and perfectness of its arrangements. 



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BROADWAY AT CANAL STREET. 

The origin of tho name of Canal Street may be traced to the 
fact that an open canal once ran through it. This canal was 

crossed at Broadway 
by a stone bridge, 
near which was lo- 
cated the Stone 
Bridge Tavern and 
Garden, which Avas 
much frequented by 
pleasure-seekers in 




1812. At that 
date a marsh, 
which this ca- 
nal drained, 
extended from 
Centre Street 
across town to 
the North Riv- 
er. Cattle were 
often lost in 
this morass, 
and an unheal- 
thy miasma 



BROADWAY AND CANAL STREET IN 1876. 




TATTERSALLS AND OLYMPIC THEATRE. 

8 



BROADWAY HOUSE, 1830. 



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arose from it which, it was declared, occasioned considerable sick- 
ness among the people who resided in the vicinity. From Canal 
Street to Sandy Hill, now Astor Place, Broadway was then known 
as the "Middle Road." 

Among the early improvements on Broadway, between Howard 
and Grand Streets, was the erection of a large wooden building 
used for a circus and theatre, and afterward known as Tatter- 
SALLS, a place for the training and sale of horses and carriages. The 
site of this popular place of resort is now covered by the stately 
buildings Nos. 443 to 448. In latter years a new building was 
erected on a portion of the same site, having the name of the 
Olympic Theatre, which, in 1838, was under the management 
of Mrs. Thomas S. Hamblin. In 1839 it was conducted by Mr. 
David McKinney, and in 1840 it passed into the hands of Mr. Mit- 
chell, under whom it attained a high degree of prosperity. 

At the corner of Grand Street, in 1828, a first class residence was 
erected, which was afterward called the Broadway House, and 
known for many years as the Whig Headquarters. This site is 
occupied by the immense building No. 462 Broadway. 




■■"'OI-lRVlCS »>^ -^ 

BROADWAY, BETWEEN BROOME AND SPRING STREETS. 



The St. Nicholas Hotel, which was built in 1854, at an expense 
of $1,000,000, looms up on the west side of Broadway, between 
Broome and Spring Streets. 

Soon after the Revolution, a circus, called the Stadium, was 
established on the northeasterly corner of Broadway and Prince 



AT^D ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



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Street. Shortly after the war of 1812, the inclosure was used 
for drilling militia officers. Afterward two brick buildings were 
erected on Broadway. William Niblo removed to this locality in 
1828, and established a Restaur- 
ant, Public Garden, and Theatre. 









BKTWKi.N tlilNCK AND HUUtSTON, 1823. 



NIBLO'S GARDEN, 1845. 



The Metropolitan Hotel now covers the spot once used as 
a popular resort of pleasure seekers. 




BROADWAY, CORNER OF PRINCE STREET, METROPOLITAN HOTEL. 

At the junction of Bond and Broadway is the new store of 
Brooks Brothers, and a few doors east of Broadway, on Bond 
Street, rises the American Watch Company's structure, while 
almost opposite Bond Street, on the west side of Broadway, towers 
up the Grand Central Hotel, where, it will be remembered, Ed- 
ward S, Stokes shot James Fisk, Jr., in Jan., 1872. 

On AsTOR Place — which originally was called Sandy Hill, and 
afterward Art Street — a few steps east of Broadway stands the 



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MERCANTILE LrBRARY. ASTOR PLACE. 



Mercantile Library building, which formerly was the Astor 
Place Opera House, where the Forrest-Macready riots took 
.^— place in May, 1849 

This library, one of 
the largest and finest 
in the country, boasts 
of 180,000 volumes. 
A reading - room is 
also attached, where 
may be found maga- 
zines and papers from 
all parts of the world. 
In the same neighbor- 
hood, on Lafayette 
Place, is the Astor 
Library, for refer- 
ence, founded by 
John Jacob Astor, 
and free to all. It is open during the daytime throughout the 
year (except a short vacation during midsummer), but closed at 
night. The Union Institute, established by the charitable Peter 
Cooper, is near at hand, being situated at Fourth Avenue and 
Eighth Street, opposite the Bible House of the American Bible 
Society. Through the benevolence of Mr. Cooper, free lectures 
and free instruction in the arts and sciences are given there for 
the benefit of those who may desire to profit by them. In addi- 
tion to this, there is on the second floor a large reading-room and 
library, open from 7 A. m. to 10 p. m., which also is free, and which 
is well patronized by the poorer classes, for whom it is specially 
intended. 

One massive structure covers the square bounded by Ninth 
Street, Fourth Avenue, Tenth Street, and Broadway, and though 
there is no sign or mark whereby to determine either the nature 
of the business carried on within or the name of the merchant 
prince who rules over such a palace of trade, still it is scarcely 
necessary to inform even a stranger that it is A. T. Stewart's 
Retail Store. 

From this point upwards, continuing on Broadway, the scene 
which presents itself every pleasant afternoon is one that may not 
be seen in any other city in the world. The great thoroughfare is 
the grand promenade, and swarms with the beauty, fashion, and 
wealth of New York. No avenue or street in London or Paris or 
Berlin, or any of our cities, can be compared with it. No stranger 
should visit the metropolis without strolling up and down Broad- 
way some afternoon. 

In the midst of the bustle of this babel of business, the observer 
will be surprised to discover even one spot where peace and quiet 
and solemnity reign supreme, and his eye will sparkle with de- 
light as he distinguishes through the trees the graceful contour 



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61 



of Grace Church, and finds himself face to face with the tall airy- 
spire which so long has risen up in the vista before him while ap- 
proaching Tenth Street. This church, which was erected in 1846, 
at a cost of $145,000, together with the Rectory, which adjoins, 
presents a most picturesque appearance, and is one of the most 
elegant houses of worship in the city. 




UllOADWAY, ABOVE NINTH STllEET, GRACE CHUECH, ETC. 

Opposite Grace Church is the Methodist Book Concern build- 
ing, and at the juncture of Thirteenth Street, on the east side of 
Broadway, stands Wallack's Theatre, one of the leading places of 
amusement in New York. Occupying the best corner in the city — 
that of Fourteenth Street and Broadway — and facing both Union 
Square and Broadway, towers up the edifice erected a few years 
ago by the Domestic Sewing Machine Company, at an expense 
of about a quarter of a million dollars. 



UNION SaUARE AND VICINITY. 

Union Place, or Union Square, as it is more commonly, but 
improperly called, once was known as The Forks, the Bloomingdale 
Road (Broadway) and the Bowery uniting here. All the neighbor- 
ing property was formerly owned by the Manhattan Bank, which, 
during the prevalence of yellow fever in 1822, in the lower part of 
the city, erected a temporary bank here. In 1831 the Common 
Council determined to enlarge the Place to its present size, and lay 
it out after the plan of the Rue de la Paix and the Place Vendome, 
Paris, but it was not until 1845-1848 that much building was done 
here. For a time it was the place of fashionable residences, but 
business gradually pushed the residents further up and out of 
town. For several years past it has been a great Sewing Machine 



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Company centre, and it sometimes has been called Semng Machine 
Square. Among the most prominent of these companies whose 
offices are in this locality, may be mentioned the Domestic. Singek 
(Fourth Avenue side, corner of Sixteenth Street), and Wheelee 
& Wilson (Fourteenth Street side, between Broadway and Uni- 
versity Place). Other notable buildings in the Square are the 
Union Place Hotel, Union Square Theatre, German Savings 
Bank, Union Square, Clarendon, and Everett Hotels, Spingler 
House, and Tiffany & Co.'s, which occupies the former site of Dr. 
Cheever's Church of the Puritans. The grounds from which the 
place derives its title is distinguished for the beauty of its walks, 
trees, fountain, and general ornamentation as a miniature Park. 




UNION SQUARE. 



On Univekstty Place, between Twelfth and Thirteenth Streets, 
IS located the New York Society Library, which was first incor- 
porated as " The Public Library of New York," in 1700, when the 
Earl op Bellomont was Governor of the Province.* 



* The reputed founder of this Library was Eev. John Sharp, Chaplain to the 
Governor. After the Revohitiou — during which the Library was almost totally 
destroyed— a building of brown freestone was erected (1793 to 1795) where now 
stands"^No. 33 Nassau Street, to which the remains of the old Library, together 
with some acquisitions, were moved from the City Hall, in June, 1795. In 1836 
the New York Athenieum Avas consolidated with it, and with the united re- 
sources land, 60x100 feet, on the corner of Leonard Street a-ul Broadway, was 
purchased for $47,500, and an edifice erected thereon at a cost of $70,000, to 
which a removal was made in 1840. In 1853 the present site was secured. 



AND ITS ENVIRONS.^ILLUSTKATED. 



(53 



Returning to Union Square, and passing along Fourteenth Street, 
two colossal statues will be observed, one of Lincoln and one 
(equestrian) of Washington. 
On tlie north side of Fourteenth 
Street, between Fourth Avenue 
and Irving Place, will be seen 
Steinway Concert-Hall, where 
also are located the ware- rooms 
of Steinway" & Sons, the Acade- 
my of Music (the home of Ital- 
ian Opera in New York), Tam- 
many Hall,* and the Germania 
Theatre. In Irving Place, op- 
posite the Academy, is Irving 
Hall, a great resort for lovers 
of the Terpsichorean art. 

On Fourteenth Street, be- 
tween Sixth and Seventh Aven- 
ues, is situated the Lycevun 
Theatre, devoted principally to 
Opera Bouffe and French and 
Italian dramas, and the Metro- 
politan Museum of Art, where 
the celebrated Cesnola Collec- 
tion of Antiquities, lately ex- 
cavated in the Island of Cyprus, 
is on exhibition. The Twenty- 
Second Regiment Armory is 
also in this neighborhood. 
Again returning to Broadway, 
and strolling northward past 
the great Dry Goods palaces of 
Lord & Taylor, and Arnold 
& Constable, and the Park 
Theatre, which is on the east 
side of Broadway, near Twenty- 
second Street, Madison Square 
appears in view. 




LINCOLN STATUE. 



* Tammany Society, or Columbian Ouder.— This Society, now so well known 
in political history, was founded shortly after the Revolution ; its design being 
to counteract the supposed tendencies of the Society of the Cincinnati, which 
was by some considered to be of an aristocratic tendency. In the Cincinnati, 
none but officers, or descendants of officers of the Revolution, were admitted 
to membership, while the Tammany Society was open to the rank and file. 
Commencing with small numbers, it gradually increased in strength, and to-day 
it rules over the destinies of the Democratic party of New York State. Their old 
hall stood on the ground now occupied by the New York Tribune, and more re- 
cently in the building at the corner of Frankfort Street, now occupied by the 
Hun. 



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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YOKK 




MADISON SQUAKE. 



MADISON SQUARE AND VICINITY. 

In the midst of this square, wliich in former days (1794) was the 
site of the Potters' Field, and as late as 1845 was an open common, 
there is a beautiful little Park which, though somewhat larger, is 
very similar in appearance to the one in Union Square. Here, at 
the juncture of Broadway, Fifth Avenue, and Twenty- third Street, 
may be seen one of the finest and most fashionable of New York 
ho'tels, the Fifth Avenue, a white marble structure. A few doors 
above is the Hoffman House, which is kept on the European plan. 
On a triangular plot of ground in front of this hotel stands a 
granite monument, erected in 1857, in honor of general William 
Worth, of Mexican-war celebrity. The Madison Avenue Church 
is located on the east side of the square, and on the same side, at 
the corner of Twenty-sixth Street, is the Union League Olub- 
House, erected by Mr. liConard St. Jerome. The block enclosed by 
Twenty-sixth Street, Fourth Avenue, and Twenty-seventh Street, 
and Madison Avenue, is P. T. Barnum's renowned Hippodrome, 
which of late has been known as Gilmore's Concert Garden. 
Here, in Madison Square, Madison Avenue, Fifth Avenue's great-* 
est rival, has its beginning. 

Passing west along Twenty-third Street to Sixth Avenue, 
Booth's Theatre, of Concord granite and in the Renaissance style, 
will be observed. It will seat an audience of three thousand. 

On the opposite corner is the new Masonic Temple, one of the 
finest edifices in New York, and which is devoted to Masonic pur- 
poses. It is of granite, and its construction cost more than a mil- 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



65 



lion dollars. Its frontage on Twenty-tliird Street is one hundred 
and fifty-nine feet, and its hight to the cap-stone is ninety feet. 
The principal entrance, on Twenty-third Street, is through a Doric 
portico. On each side of the entrance there is a bronze column of 
the Egyptian order, emblematical of " Strength and Beauty," and 
intended to be representative of the two great pillars set up at the 
entrance of King Solomon's Temple at Jerusalem. The first story 




MASONIC TEMPLE, TWENTY-THIED STREET AND SIXTH AVENUE. 

is devoted to business ; the second to the Grand Lodge and its 
officers, and contains, when this body is not in session, the spacious 
room used for concerts and lectures ; the third and fourth floors 
are exclusively used for Lodge and Chapter bodies, and the Man- 
sard story is used by the Ancient and Accepted Rite Masons, and 
the Knights Templars. The income from this building is to be 
forever contributed as a fund for the support of destitute widows 
and orphans of Masons. 

On the corner of Eighth Avenue stands the Grand Opera House. 
It is said to possess the largest stage and auditorium of any place 
of amusement in the United States. 

Returning through Twenty-third Street to Fourth Avenue, there 
may be seen the National Academy of Design, a building of Ve- 
netian-Gothic style of architecture. 

On the opposite corner of Twenty-third Street is the Young 



CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 




■XOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 



Men's Christian Association building, wliicli was completed in 
1869. On another corner stands the New York College of Phy- 
sicians and Surgeons, founded in 1807. 



FIFTH AVENUE. 




WASHINGTON SQUARE. 



Fifth Avenue, which intersects and crosses Broadway at Madi- 
son Square, and extends from thence to the Harlem River, has its 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



67 



beginning in Washington Square, which early in this century was 
used as the Potter's Field, but which was converted into a Park 
in 1832. Fifth Avenue is well known as the home of New York 
elite, and on Sunday mornings and afternoons, when crowded with 
promenaders and carriages and equestrians, presents an avenue 
sight unrivaled, perhaps, in the world. Business, however, has 
encroached here as elsewhere, and between Waverley Place, the 
northern boundary of Washington Square, and Twenty-third 




FIFTH AVENUE AND THIETY-FOURTH STEEET. 
EESIDENCE. 



A. T. STEWAET S PALATIAL 



Street, there already are many stores. One of the most exclu- 
sively select hotels, the Brevoort, is located at No, 11, and at the 
juncture of Fourteenth Street is another of Delmonico's restaur- 
ants. Opposite Delmonico's is Brewster's Carriage Repository. 

Near Twenty-ninth Street may be seen the Church of the Trans- 
figuration, familiarly known as " The Little Church Bound the Cor- 
ner." It was given this name by the pastor of a neighboring 
church, who, refusing to perform the burial services of an actor, 
said that no doubt the clergyman of the little church round the 
corner would consent to. 

The Fifth Avenue Theatre, which is devoted principally to So- 



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(CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YOKK 



ciety dramas, is not on Fifth Avenue, but at Broadway and Twen- 
ty-eighth Street. 

The most expensive mansion in the city is located on the corner 
of Thirty-iourth Street. It is A, T. Stewart's, of white marble, 
and cost more than one million dollars. Opposite the Rutgers' 
Female Institute, between Forty-first and Forty-second Streets, 
may be seen the Distributing Reservoir of the Croton Water 
Works. It covers almost an entire square, extending nearly to 
Sixth Avenue. 




GKAND CENTRAL DEFt^T — FORTY-SECOND STREET. I'ASSENCiKlt DEPOT OF THE 
NEW YORK CENTRAL AND HUDSON RIVER, NEW YORK AND HARLEil, AND 
NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN, AND HARTFORD RAILROADS. 

On Forty-second Street, between Vanderbilt and Fourth Avenues, 
the Grand Central Depot is situated, from which leave the many 
daily trains of the New York and New Haven, the Harlem and the 
Hudson River Railroads. It is the largest depot in America, ex- 
tending as far as Forty-fifth Street, being 692 feet in length, 240 



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69 



feet in widtli, and having an average higlit of 60 feet. The walls 
are of brick, with iron trimmings, and the roof, which is of 
wrought iron, is supported by semi-circular trusses which span 
190 feet. 

On the east side of Fifth Avenue, between Forty-third and 
Forty-fourth Streets, stands the new Jewish Synagogue, Temple 
Immanuelj which is said to be the finest example of the Moresque 
style of architecture in America. On the same side of the avenue, 
a few blocks above, may be seen the Windsor Hotel, one of the 
largest and best hotels in this country. On the corner of Forty- 
eighth Street, on the west side of the avenue, looms up the lofty 
spire of the Collegiate Reformed Church, one of the most beauti- 
ful houses of worship in the city. 

The Buckingham Hotel, though much smaller than the Wind* 
sor, rivals it in many respects, and is worthy of notice. 




COMPARATIVE VIEWS ON FIFTH AVEN'UE.— UPPEK AND LOWER CRUST. 

Between Fifty-first and Fifty-second Streets, on the most ele- 
vated ground on Fifth Avenue, there is in course of erection, a 
large cathedral, which will be the most expensive edifice of its 
kind in the United States. St. Patrick's Cathedral was projected 
by the late Archbishop Hughes, who laid its corner stone in 1858. 
For a time its construction was suspended, but upon the accession 
of Archbishop, now Cardinal McCloskey, the work was resumed. 
It is of the Gothic style of architecture, and is expected to be com- 
l^leted in 1877. An altar for the cathedral was ordered by Cardi- 
nal McCloskey when he was in Rome in 1875. It is to be of the 
finest Italian marble, ornamented with jewels and mosaics, and is 
to cost $250,000. 

Occupying the entire block, on the east side of Fifth Avenue, 
between' Seventieth and Seventy-first Streets, stands the Lenox 
Library, founded by James Lenox. The bequest of Mr. Lenox 



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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 



included one of the most valuable collections of manuscripts, books, 
engravings, paintings, and other works of art in the country, be- 
sides $300,000 for the maintenance of the Library. 

A short distance to the right, on Sixty-ninth Street, between 
Fourth and Lexington Avenues, is situated the Normal College. 
It contains thirty recitation-rooms, three lecture-rooms, a calisthe- 
nium, library, and a main hall which seats sixteen hundred 
students. 

CHATHAM STREET AND THE BOWERY, 

THE HIGH ROAD TO BOSTON. 

The original course of the High Road to Boston was across the 
Common, into Chatham Street, and thence to the Bowery. 

One of the old and important streets which cross Chatham is 
Pearl, on the lower part of which, until the great fire of 1835, 
were located the principal dry-goods stores of the city. Turning 
to the right and proceeding down this street a short distance 
Franklin Square will be reached. Here stands the spacious 
building of Harper Brothers, one of the largest and widest- 
known publishing-houses in the country. Opposite (No. 326) may 




WALTON I -/ 'rt 






mm 




WAiyroN Hor 



be seen the old Walton House, which, a century ago, was con- 
sidered one of the finest, if not the finest, mansion in New York. 
It was erected in 1754, by William Walton, a wealthy English 
gentleman.* 



* "The house was built in 1754 by William Walton, a wealthy merchant, and 
•Member of His Majesty's Council for the Province of New York.' When he 
selected the site, people asked with amazement why he proposed to build so far 
out of town. At that time there was only one building on the south side of 
Pearl (then Queen) Street, between Peck Slip and Cherry, and only four or five 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED, 



71 



In those days the land in the neighborhood of Roosevelt, James, 
Oliver, Oak, Catherine, and Batavia Streets was extremely marshy, 

and was known as the 
Swamp Meadow.* 

The Kolch, Kalch or 
Kalk - hook Pond (later 
known as the Collect), 
was a lake of considerable 
extent, and on its shores, 
it is supposed, once stood 
the wigwams of the fierce 




COLLECT, OR FRESH-WATER POND, AS IT WAS lUU \EARS AGO, AND AS IT IS 
NOW WITH THE TOMBS AND OTHER BUILDINGS ON THE SAME SPOT. 



in the neighborlioorl of Franklin Square. When completed, the Walton mansion 
was the wonder of the day. The main entrance boasted a massive portico with 
fluted columns. Two rows of baliTstrades encircled the roof. A grand mahogany 
staircase occupied the centre of the house. Some of the great rooms were pan- 
eled in oak, richly carved, wliile the walls of the others were hung with stamped 
leather, heavily gilded, which was then extremely fashionable. The bright yel- 
low bricks, of which the building was constructed, were brought from Holland; 
the live oak used for timbers was imported from England, and the tiles of the 
great sloping roof were of Dutch make. The pediment was ornamented with 
two angels carved in stone, who supported the Walton coat-of-arms. The house 
was magnificently furnished, and its gilding, carving, tapestries, carpets, and 
gold and silver plate were the talk and marvel of the town. The old house has 
long ago seen its best days. It is a wreck now, and out of place, stranded among 
a people with whom it has no sympathy. The spacious interior affords room for 
half a dozen stores, and an army of tenants populate the remote interior. But 
it has a history, and something of our Centennial's glory will soon light up its 
worn and aged face."— Mines. 

* This swamp was connected with thQ Collect Pond, which was on the other 
side of Chatham Street, by a small stream over which that thoroughfare was 
crossed by a bridge near the corner of Roosevelt Street. This bridge, which 



72 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 

Manhattans. This supposition is based upon the fact that on the 
hill which rose from its western side there were found large de- 
posits of shells, which is strongly indicative of a settlement hav- 
ing once been there. To these shells the Pond owed its name, 
the Dutch Kalch or Kalk-hook, meaning Lime Shell Point.* 

Among the many hundred buildings which have risen up from 
the site of the Fresh water Pond, as the Collect was sometimes 
called, the most noticeable, perhaps, is the City Prison, generally 
known as The Tombs, but which originally was termed the Halls 
of Justice. Its erection was determined on in 1833, and in 1838 it 
was completed ready for occupation.! 

Returning through Pearl Street to the Boston High Road and 
proceeding onwards, the first street on the left to attract attention 
is Baxter. This narrow way passes through the heart of a locali- 
ty which once was the disgrace of New York, " The Five Points." 
Though this neighborhood is anything but inviting, even at the 
present day, still it may be said to be quite respectable when com- 
pared to its former condition. Ascending the slight hill, and pass- 
ing through Chatham Square, which is remarkable for nothing 
in particular, the Bowery is entered. 

then was outside of the town, was called the " Kissing-Bridge." from a pleasant 
custom of the lads and lassies of those times when out sleighing or riding. At 
this point, also, was located the famous Tea- Water Spring, which, through 
the medium of the Tea- Water Pump, supplied with water a population of ten or 
twelve thousand people. 

* There was for some time no little dispute about the ownership of the Pond, 
and between 168() and 1733 several patents were granted to varioiis claimants, 
but in 1733 the King granted it to Anthony Rutgers, whose old lamily mansion 
stood on the banks of the Pond in 1768 There still being conflicting claims for 
its possession between the Corporation and the Rutgers heirs, in 1791 the latter 
executed a release of the disputed property for the consideration of £150. Soon 
after the Revolution it became a question what it was best to do with the Pond. 
It was finally concluded to fill it in and lay out streets over the new ground. 
Accordingly, with this purpose in view, it was surveyed in 1791. As early as 
1766 one Monsieur Mangin had proposed to make a dock or basin, in the deep 
water of the Collect, as a harbor for shipping, which should connect with both 
the North and East Rivers, by means of a canal four feet in width, and it appears 
that the Corporation, even after their survey, were rather undecided about the 
matter, for this same project was re-agitated as late as 1805, when, however, a 
final decision was rendered against it. At this time (1805) there was an open 
ditch or canal in the middle of Collect, now Centre Street, which stiil re- 
mained there until 1816. Centre Street was first projected in 1795, and in 1797 
a portion of it was termed Potter's Hill. Alterward it was named Collect 
Street, and in 1817 part was known as Collect and part Rynders Street. Since 
then it has borne its present title. 

t The apartme:its in the prison will comfortably accommodate 200 prisoners, 
but as many as 500 liave at one time been crowded within its walls. The cells 
for males number 150. and those for females 22. Those on the second tier are 
for the reception of criminals guilty of murder and arson, and those on the third 
tier for persons committed for burglary and grand larceny. Eleven cells of es- 
pecial strength are set apart lor convicted murderers, six others for those con- 
victed of less serious crimes, and six are used for hospital purposes. Each 
convict confined here costs the county, it is said, thirty cents per day. In the 
inner quadrangle, when occasion demands, the fatal gallows is erected. In that 
part of the Tombs which fronts on Centre Street is held the Tombs Police 
Court, and the Court ov Special Sessions. 



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73 



THE BOWERY 

was originally called the Bowery Road, a name which it acquired 
because it led through Peter Stuyvesant's farm, or " Bouwery." 
In 1760 it was known as the Bowery Lane, and since 1807 it has 
been styled the Bowery. It was along the Bowery that the Con- 
tinental Army marched on their triumphal entry into New York 
when the British evacuated the city. The enemy having claimed 
the right of possession until noon on the day of evacuation, the 
American troops, under command of General Knox, advanced on 
that frosty morning from Harlem only as far as the juncture of 
Third Avenue and Bowery, where they halted until about one 
o'clock, when they marched on and occupied the city. 




TRIUMPHAL ENTRY OF WASHINGTON AND THE AMERICAN AKMV 
VIA BOWERY, NOVEMBER 25, 1783. 



NTO NEW YO 



Almost at the beginning of this thoroughfare stands the old 
Bowery Theatre, which for years has been the favorite resort of 
those who delight in witnessing the sensational drama. In 1800, 
and for many years afterward, the present site of the Bowery 
Theatre was used for a market for the sale of cattle, and known 
as The Bull's Head. 

Nearly opposite may be seen the Stadt Theatre, which has one 
of the largest auditoriums in the country, and which is the best 
German Theatre in the city. Next door to the Bowery Theatre is 
the Atlantic Garden, a spacious concert and lager beer hall and 
garden, which is the favorite evening resort not only of a large 
number of Germans and their families, but of Americans and, in 
fact, people of all nationalities. 
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CENTENNIAL— HOW TO SEE NEW YOKK 



On the streets leading from either side of the Bowery, the tene- 
ment houses loom up, and possibly there is not a more densely 
populated section of New York than this, which borders on the 
broad avenues. On its east side, extending from Division Street 
to about Tenth Street (and above that east of Second Avenue) is 
that part of the city called Little Germany, owing to the preva- 
lence of German families throughout the district. 




bull's head, 1800 ; SAME SITE, BOWERY THEATRE AND SURROUNDINGS; 



One of the latest and most noticeable structures erected on this 
street is the Dry Dock Sayings Bank, at the corner of Third 
Street. Tompkins Market, the upper part of which is used as the 
armory and drill-room for the Seventh Regiment, New York 
State National Guard, may be seen at the juncture of Bowery 
and Third Avenue. A few doors to the right, on Eighth Street, is 
the TivOLi Garden. A block beyond, on Third Avenue, begins 
Stuyvesant Place, whereon is located St. Mark's Church, built 
in 1779, and within whose vaults rest the mortal remains of Pe- 
trus Stuyvesant, who died August, 1682, aged 80 years. 

Between Sixty -third and Sixty-fourth Streets, on the east side 
of Third Avenue, stands a low building familiarly known as the 
Rink, wherein are annually held the fairs of the American Insti- 
tute, which are most interesting exhibitions of the results of me- 
chanical and other industries and improvements. These exposi- 
tions commence early in September and close in November. 



AND ITS ENVIRONS. ILLUSTRATED. 



ALONG THE DOCKS AND SLIPS. 




DAY may be pleasantly and profitably spent in an ex- 
amination of the water-front of the city ; the scenes 
and incidents associated with the daily business of the 
occasion, will afford the liveliest enjoyment. Com- 
merce is the first important element in New York's 
great prosperity. Forty years ago the exciting politi- 
cal war-cry of the day, and the synonym of success, was "Free 
Trade and Sailors' Rights ! " 

New York enjoys great facilities for both foreign and domestic 
or coast-wise commerce, and surpasses every other State in the 
Union in the absolute tonnage owned by her merchants. The 
commercial craft of the world finds a sure harbor and a resting 
place at our wharves ; the productions of every nation finds a 
market here, not excelled by any other country. 

As before suggested, a ramble along the streets bordering upon 
the two rivers, will afford some idea of the magnitude of the busi- 
ness transacted at our wharves, of the immense number of men 
employed, the machinery used, the number of vehicles required, 
and the vast amount of labor accomplished. 




OYSTER BARGES. 



Starting from the upper part of the city on the west, or North 
River side, the smaller craft, used mostly as coasting and pleasure 
vessels, will attract our attention. At'the foot of West Tenth, 
Christopher, and other streets, may be seen an extended line of 
floating barges used for the sale of Oysters. This is the head- 



76 CENTENNIAL IIOW TO SEE NEW TOEK. 

quarters of tlie North River Oyster trade. From this market is 
sold and shipped a large portion of the oysters brought to this city. 
Passing down, we meet the crowds that throng the streets and 
wharves at which are moored the immense ocean steamships of 
the Pacific Mail Company, the White Star line, the Inman line, 
and the hundreds of smaller river steamers. Further on, we en- 
counter the vast Produce-trade, which monopolizes the docks from 
Canal to Cortlandt Streets, and many of the intersecting streets as 
far back as Greenwich Street. At Washington Market is concen- 
trated almost the entire market trade of the city. A visit to the 
interior and the surroundings of this huge establishment will fully 
compensate for the time and labor devoted, and, in fact, an exam- 
ination must be made to appreciate the magnitude of the business 
of this stupendous storehouse of the country's productions, and of 
the daily demands of the people for the necessaries of life. Pass- 
ing on, we encounter the multitudes of people hurrying to the 
several Jersey City ferries, anxious to catch the trains for home 
and distant transportations. In due time, we reach the Battery, 
in which the traveler may stroll for a brief period, admire the 
beauties of the place, and contemplate the incidents of the past. 

After passing the Staten Island, Hamilton, and South Ferries, 
on the East River, we reach the docks filled with canal boats. 
Here is concentrated the great flour trade of the West. More than 
a thousand boats pass in and out of these slips every week during 
the busy season. We next come to Wall Street Ferry, with its 
crowds of passengers passing to and fro ; now we are among the 
heavy foreign and coast- wise sailing vessels, constantly loading 
and unloading, and then the smaller craft used for fruit transpor- 
tation make a depot for the sale of oranges, bananas, pineapples, 
grapes, and the choicest fruits from the tropics. Continuing our 
journey, west and in front of Fulton Ferry, we for a moment will 
observe the immense crowds of passengers and vehicles that pass 
over this ferry — the number is estimated by millions. On the op- 
posite side of the street is the well-known Fulton Market, cele- 
brated for its choice fruits and fine oysters — the best in the world. 
Opposite and covering the entire water-front, from Beekman to 
Fulton Streets, is the wholesale fish-market. This is the great 
fish depot of the city, and millions of dollars' worth of business is 
done here annually. A visit to this piscatorial establishment early 
in the morning will gratify as well as astonish. 

Passing on, we meet the numerous steamboat landings at Peck 
Slip, the Roosevelt St., James Slip (Hunter's Point), and Catharine 
St. Ferries, and then the curiously constructed Dry Docks, where 
vessels are raised bodily from the water for repairs, are seen. 

Continuing our journey, we pass immense iron foundries, storage 
houses, oil factories. Grand Street Ferries, depots for oyster and 
coal barges, Houston Street Ferry, the old ship yards, and finally 
the end of all that is curious or interesting in connection with the 
water front of the commercial emporium of the United States. 




Where less than a quarter of 
a century ago only a wild wilder- 
ness, barren rocks and ledges, 
loathsome swamps and tangled 
thickets met the eye, has ap- 
peared, as if by magic, one of 
the most beautiful parks in the 
world. 

Central Park, which was 
commenced in 1(S58, and which 
embraces an area of 843 acres 
(141 of which are occupied by 
the Croton reservoirs), lies be- 
tween Fifth and Eighth Aven- 
ues, extends from Fifty-ninth 

to One Hundred and Tenth Street, and is accessible by almost 
every horse-car line in the city (the Cross-town lines except- 
ed). Its entire length is two and one-half miles, and its width 
about half a mile. It may be entered by eighteen different gates 
(each of which is named), but the principal entrances are on 
Fifty-ninth Street, at Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth Avenues. 
Carriages, belonging to the Park, leave the Fifth and Eighth 
Avenue entrances, at short intervals, throughout the day, which 
convey passengers, for the sum of twenty-five cents each, through 



78 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEAV YOKK 

the Park, visiting its most interesting parts. Tlie legal rates of 
hack fare (hackmen are in constant attendance on Fifty-ninth 
Street) are as follows : All around the Park, with privilege of 
keeping carriage two hours, $4.00 ; to principal parts of the Park 
$3.00 ; to Casino, Lake, and return, $2.00 ; when engaged by the 
hour, $2.00 per single hour, or at the rate of $1.50 per hour for 
three or more hours. Park Police are always near at hand, and it 
is their duty to civilly answer inquiries. 

Arriving in the Park the bustle of business is left behind, and 
wander where you will, no sights suggestive of the turmoil of 
trade will present themselves, for no city thoroughfares enter its 
confines, the connection between the east and west sides of New 
York being kept up by means of four streets — Sixty-fifth, Seventy- 
ninth, Eighty-fifth, and Ninety-seventh — which may be said to 
pass under the Park. 

Passing on, all is pleasant and beautiful about you, and nearly 
every one you meet seems to be happy. 

The principal points of interest in the Park, are the Museum, 
the Mall, the Casino, the Terrace, the Lake, the Ramble, and 
the Reservoirs. 

The Museum is only a short distance from the Fifth Avenue 
entrance. Here may be seen many objects and specimens specially 
interesting to the student or lover of Natural History ; also a large 
collection of birds which have been most carefully arranged and 
classified. In adjacent buildings there is quite a menagerie of 
wild animals, brought from all parts of the globe. A larger and 
more suitable edifice is now in course of erection on the west side 
of the Park, between Seventy-seventh and Eighty-first Streets. 
The foundation-stone was laid in June, 1874, by President Grant. 
It will possess a Meteorological and Astronomical Observatory, be- 
sides a Museum of Natural History, and a Gallery of Art, and will 
cost about $6,000,000. 

At the head of the Pond, near the Museum, there stands a small 
Gothic cottage, which is known as The Dairy, where pure fresh 
milk may be procured for children at a very moderate charge. 

The Mall is a broad promenade, nearly a quarter of a mile in 
length and 208 feet in width, lined with trees on either side, and 
situated in the midst of a fine lawn. Here, during the summer 
months, Dodsworth's Band discourses operatic selections and pop- 
ular airs, from a pagoda-like band-stand, on Saturday afternoons, 
to the delight of the thousands who throng the Park on that day. 
To the right of the Mall, on a hill, is located 

The Casino, a fashionable resort and restaurant, where all kinds 
of refreshments may be obtained. At the head of the Mall, and 
overlooking the Lake, is an architectural structure, which is termed 

The Terrace, a series of stone steps lead from the Mall to the 
shores of the main Lake, a very beautiful sheet of water of con- 
siderable extent. During the warm season, it is usxially dotted 



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with boats filled with pleasure seekers, and in the winter thou- 
sands daily skim over its icy bosom. Keeping to the left, and 
following a winding path along its bank, a bridge will soon be 
seen which leads to 

The Ramble. — This section of the Park, which extends from 
the Lake to the Lower Reservoir is devoted entirely to walks, and 
is one of the pleasantest parts of the great pleasure-ground. There 
is within its limits a small Cascade and a Cave. 

The Reservoirs. — The old Reservoir extends from Eighty to 
Eighty-fifth Street, and is located in about the centre of the Park. 
Its capacity is 150,000,000 gallons of water. The new Reservoir 
which is double the size of the old one, and is situated just north 
of it, was first used in 1862. 

Overlooking the Reservoirs is a Gothic structure called the Bel- 
vedere, whose tower commands a fine view. 

There are many other points and places which will be of great 
interest to the traveler and stranger, but lack of space here pre- 
vents our mention of them in these pages. Distributed about the 
Park are a number of works of art, among which may be men- 
tioned the statues of Prof. Morse, Shakespeare, and Sir Walter 
Scott. Possibly the finest piece of sculpture in the Park is that 
of the Tigress and Cubs, which is situated on a little hill on the 
left of the Terrace. 

TOMPKINS SaTJARE. 

This is the grand Square on the eastern side of the city ; it is 
bounded by Avenues A and B, and Seventh and Tenth Streets. It 
is used as a parade ground for the First Division of New York Mili- 
tia, the popular promenade and place for holding mass meetings 
by the people residing in its vicinity. 

STTJYVESANT SaUARE. 

This is the prettiest of the smaller Parks in the city, and is a 
portion of the old Stuyvesant farm. It is bounded by Rutherfoi"d 
and Livingston Places, Fifteenth and Seventeenth Streets. 

GRAMMERCY PARK, 

Lying between Third and Fourth Avenues, Twentieth and 
Twenty-first Streets. This is a private Park, owned by the prop- 
erty owners residing around it. 

MOUNT MORRIS PARK, 

Bounded by 120th and 124th Streets, and Fifth and Sixth Aven- 
ues. This is the great public Park of Harlem, and one of the most 
eligible locations on the island. The roads rising far above the 
grades of the adjacent streets, make it an agreeable place of resort 
when the atmosphere is clear, and a walk up the hill is inviting. 



80 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YOKK 

That portion of tliis Park on the grade of the surrounding streets 
is completed, and is not inferior to aur other Park in the city. 

RESERVOIR PARK 

Is located between the Fifth and Sixth Avenues, and Fortieth and 
Forty-second Streets. It is a beautiful Park of moderate dimen- 
sions, with artistically laid out walks. 

RIVERSIDE PARK, 

Situated on the Hudson River, between Seventy-second and 
129th Streets, is a long narrow strip of land, almost entirely on the 
river slope, of about 82 acres, and is remarkable for its natural 
beauties. 

MORNINGSIDE PARK 

Is a newly-laid out Park, forming the area between Eighth and 
Ninth Avenues and 110th to 123d Streets. The land is irregular 
and beautifully adapted to make one of the grandest places of re- 
sort, as a pleasure-ground, in the city. 

HARLEM AND VICINITY. 

Harlem is by no means devoid of historical and Revolutionary 
reminiscences. When General Washington found it necessary, 
in September, 1776, to evacuate the City of New York, he retreated 
with his army toward MouDt Washington and King's Bridge. 
Fortifications were immediately thrown up in Harlem and vicinity, 
among which may be mentioned : a line of breastworks near the 
Harlem River, extending from 136th Street to Bussing's Point, 
near McComb's Dam ; a battery on each side of Harlem Cove, at 
Manhattanville (since noted as the home of Audubon, the Natur- 
alist), 131st to 133d Streets ; a line of works along the hills (the 
present site of the Convent of the Sacred Heart) extending to 150th 
Street ; a line of intrenchments, with three batteries and ahatis 
near 151st Street, extending a distance of about a mile to the Hud- 
son River ; another line with three batteries and abatis along 161st 
and 162d Streets, and a redoubt on the high bank of Harlem River 
at the foot of 156th Street. 

Harlem is now included within the limits of New York. 

Looking up the Harlem River, a massive granite structure ob- 
structs the view. It is the High Bridge, composed of a number 
of arches — eight of which span eighty feet each, at an elevation of 
one hundred feet above the river — by means of which the water 
of the Croton Aqueduct is borne in inimense pipes a distance of a 
quarter mile across the valley and river. 

About seven miles from Harlem Bridge, just above Fordham, 
Woodlawn Cemetery is situated on the west bank of the River 
Bronx, a tributary of Harlem River. It was established in 1864, 
contains three hundred acres, and is one of the most beautiful of 
the many cemeteries in the neighborhood of New York. 



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ADJACENT ISLANDS AND POPULAR RESORTS. 



BlackMT-ell's Island. 

Received its name from its former 
owner. Ou this Island are the Charity, 
Small Pox, Fever, Infant, Incurables, 
Epileptics, and Paralytics Hospitals ; 
Penitentiary, Alms-house, and Lunatic 
Asylum. 
^Ward's Island., 

At the junction of the East and 
Harlem Rivers, opposite 100th and 
114th Streets. It contains Hospital for 
Emigi-ants, Inebriate Asylum, and Pot- 
ter's Field. 
IRandall's Island 

Is a short distance north of 
Ward's Island. On it are the House of 
Refuge lor the reformation of children; 
Idiots' and Infants' Hospital. 

^g'~Thege institutions are under the 
charge of the Commissiouei-s of Chari- 
ties and Corrections, corner E. 11th 
Street and Third Ave., from whom per- 
mission to visit must be obtained. 
The Islands are reached by steamboat 
from foot of E. 26th Street. 
Staten Island, 

In the Bay, six miles from the 
city, has a beautifully rounded eleva- 
tion of four hundred feet above the level 
of the sea. It abounds with beautiful 
villages, seats, and is surrounded with 
the most enchanting scenery, and easy 
of access. Reached by steamboats Irom 
Whitehall Dock and Pier No. 19, N. R. 
Ijong Branch, 

Thirty-three miles from New 
York, is the famous ocean watering- 
place. Numerous flrst-class hotels and 
private boarding-houses adorn the 
bluffs for several miles. Reached by 
boats from Piers 8 and 35, to Sandy 
Hook, thence by cars, or via Central of 
New Jersey R. R. from Pier 15, 
Highlands of IN". J. 

This favorite resort affords the 
boldest ocean view within the State. 
Several first-class hotels are arranged 
along the beach. Boating, fishing, sea- 
bathing, and the enjoyment of good 
living are the prominent features of 
this place. Reached by steamboats 
from Pier 23, N. R. 
Red IBanli, 

A pleasant town on the branch of 
the Neversink River, a delightful place 
for summer resort. Reached by steam- 
boats from Pier 35, and railroad from 
Pier 15, N. R. 



Coney Island, 

The great bathing establishment 
of the Metropolis. Every body goes, 
during the warm season, to Coney 
Island for a surf bath, or to enjoy the 
benefit of the invigorating sea breeze. 
Reached by cars from the Brooklyn 
ferries, or by boat from Pier 35, N. R. 
R-ocliaway- JBeach., 

The finest lor sea-bathing in the 
world, is a popular summer resort. It 
has several large and well-conducted 
hotels. To be reached by Southside 
Railroad from Wilhamsburg. 
Roekaway, via Canarsie. 

This is one of the popular re- 
sorts for surf-bathing, and the enjoy- 
ment of aquatic sports, chowders, and 
clam-bakes. Several good hotels are at 
this place. Reached by cars irom 
Brooklyn ferries to Canarsie, thence by 
steamboat over Jamaica Bay to the 
Beach. 
IT-ire Island, 

On the easterly part of Long 
Island, about twenty-five miles from 
New York, is now one of the popular 
and fashionable places of resort during 
the summer. Good hotel accommoda- 
tions. Reached by the Long Island and 
Southern Railroads to Babylon, thence 
by boat across the Great South Bay. 
Bay Side, 

Four miles from Flushing, is a 
delightful place for a day's enjoyment ; 
the scenery is beautiful, and the Bay 
is famous for fishing, boating, and 
clam-baking. A clam-roast in the prim- 
itive style, and a fish-chowder are 
among the luxuries of this lovely place. 
It is reached via Hunter's Point and 
Flushing by cars. 
lieyport, 

A beautiful village on Raritan 
Bay, twenty-two miles irom New York. 
This place is noted for the superior 
quality of its oysters and fine fishing. 
Several good hotels are to be found 
here. Reached bv boats from Pier No. 
26, N. R. 
IPisliing Banks. 

During the warm weather excur- 
sions are frequently made to the Fish- 
ing Banks, which are popular and 
sometimes beneficial to health, from 
the good effects of "casting up old or 
indigestible accounts." (See advertise- 
ments in daily papers.) 



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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK 






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FLl-XUN iEKKY HUUSK. 

ENVIRONS OF THE CITY. 

BROOKLYN. 

ROOKLYN is the third city in the Union in regard to 
size, and has a population of nearly half a million. Two 
or three days may be devoted to visiting this beautiful 
city with great advantage, as it contains many places 
of local and historical interest. Its suburbs abound in 
interesting and pleasant places of resort for the grati- 
fication of the curious and the seeker after the beautiful in nature 
and art. 

For more than two centuries people have been crossing the East 
River in the neighborhood of the present Fulton Ferry. In fact, in 
the old Knickerbocker times the rent of the Brooklyn Ferry was 
the principal item of income to the City of New Amsterdam, for 
then, as now. Long Island farmers came to the Metropolis to dis- 
pose of their stock and produce. The " Old Ferry " was from Peck 
Slip, New York, to Fulton Street, Brooklyn, and the first ferry-man 
of whom mention is made was one Cornelius Dircksen, who kept 
an inn (1642) near Peck Slip. He was obliged, by law, to run six 
boats, which were each manned by three oarsmen, and the longest 
time allowed for a trip, in the winter, was seventy-two minutes. 

While standing on the ferry-boat deck, the massive stone towers, 
one on either side of the river, cannot fail to attract attention. 
From these are to be suspended the Brooklyn and New York 
Suspension Bridge, which ere long will span the river and unite 
the two cities. 



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83 



Some distance beyond the Bridge Tower (Brooklyn side) Walla- 
bout Bay* indents the shores of Long Island. There is located 
the Navy Yard, and in that immediate vicinity the first settlement 
on the Island was made in 1625, by the Walloons from Holland, 
and there, in their little village, the first white child (Sarah Rap- 
elje, June 7, 1625) was born in the New Netherlands. 

Rising on the right hand of Fulton Ferry may be seen the 
Hights, a favorite place of residence for the wealthy. The scene 
from the rear windows of the mansions on Columbia Street is very 
fine, commanding an outlook on the Bay, the islands and New 
Jersey shore, besides a good view of the great city "over the 
water. " 

The City Hall, a white marble structure, is situated at the junc- 
ture of Fulton, Court, and Joralemon Streets, and back of it, on 
the left, may be seen the Court House. On Montague Street 
(which leads to Wall Street Ferry) are the Academy of Music, the 
Art Association Building, and the Mercantile Library. In the 
same vicinity, on Washington, near Fulton, are the Post-ofEce 
and the Brooklyn Theatre, and facing the City Hall is the Park 
Theatre. 

Myrtle Avenue, which may be called the Bowery of Brooklyn, 
leads off to the left just before the City Hall is reached. On the^ 
right of this thoroughfare, between Raymond and Cumberland' 
Streets, and about half a mile from Fulton Street, there rises a 
hill, which is now known as Washington Park or Square. In 
1776, on its summit, a redoubt was thrown up by the Americans,, 
which was called Fort Putnam. In 1812 this fortification was 
strengthened and its name changed to Fort Greene. This was 
the last point held by Washington previous to his masterly re- 
treat after the Battle of Long Island. 

Brooklyn possesses a Park which is, in many respects, more 
beautiful than any in the country. Certainly the hand of man is 
less evident in Prospect Park than in any other. Its beauty and 
scenery is that of Nature itself, which needs not human artifice to 



* In the Wallabout Bay, the British prison ships were stationed during the Rev- 
olution. The first of them. 




PRISON SHIP AT THE WALLABOUT, 1779. 



the Whitby, was moored 
near what now is the foot 
of Navy Street. Others, 
among whom may be men- 
tioned the Prince of Wales, 
the Old Jersey (called at the 
time '' the Hell)," the John, 
the Falmouth, and the Good 
Hope, were anchored near 
by during the progress of 
the war. The sufferings of 
the prisoners in the ships 
were horrible. They were 



treated with cruelty and neglect. Diseases broke out among them, some went 
mad, and some died of starvation. Thousands perished. 



84 CENTENNIAL— HOW TO SEE NEW YORK. 

improve it. The grounds cover an area of more than 510 acres. 
The main entrance is on Flatbush Avenue, and is called the Plaza. 
From the centre of the Plaza spring forth the sparkling waters of 
a large fountain, in front of which may be seen a statue (of the 
Heroic size) of the late Abraham Lincoln. Prospect Park Lake 
(covering 61 acres) over whose placid surface boats and miniature 
yachts skim during the summer months, affords a fine skating- 
place in the winter, and it is well patronized at both seasons. The 
most elevated point in the Park is called Lookout Carriage Con- 
course ; it is nearly an acre in area, and 186 feet above the level 
of the sea. An Observatory, 100 feet in liight, has been erected 
on this spot, and the view it commands of the Bay and the sur- 
rounding country is unsurpassed. Several works of art have been 
erected in the Park, among which may be mentioned that of 
Washington Irving, and that of John Howard Payne, author 
of " Home, Sweet Home." The windings of some of the Rambles 
are very picturesque, murmuring brooks ripple here and there, and 
arbors and rustic shelters are on every side. It was on the slope 
of Prospect-hill that General Sullivan's jaded soldiers, retreat- 
ing before the overpowering numbers of the Hessians, suddenly 
and unexpectedly encountered the light infantry and dragoons of 
General Clinton (Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776). The 
Americans fought desperately, hand to hand for a time, between 
the two fires, but were finally forced to surrender. 3n the hills of 
Greenwood Cemetery, most of the fighting of that disastrous bat- 
tle occurred. 

Greenwood Cemetery, now the most beautiful "City of the 
Dead " in the world, and the oldest within a reasonable distance of 
New York City, is situated on Gowanus Hights, two and a half 
miles from South Ferry. It contains nearly 500 acres of land. A 
brief description of this grandest of Cemeteries would be unwor- 
thy of the subject. No visitor to the city will omit to visit it, and 
thereby appreciate its beauties. It may be reached by cars from 
all the Brooklyn Ferries. 

A grand Boulevard, 210 feet wide, from East New York, pass- 
ing through Prospect Park to the Ocean, is nearly completed, and 
is worthy of a visit, and a drive. 

Brooklyn is appropriately termed " The City of Churches." All 
the denominations of the country are represented ; some of the 
most imposing churches have been erected here, and many of the 
most distinguished and sensational pulpit orators in America are 
to be found in this city. 

f^^ We have thus far accompanied our stranger friend over 
and around the city, exhibiting and explaining its various points 
of interest — old and new — we hope with as much satisfaction to 
him as the journey has been pleasant to us. Having accomplished 
our task, we will now part company, wishing him a continuance 
of pleasure in his travels over the country, and tendering him a 
hearty welcome to our First Centennial. 



GENERAL INFORMATION. 




EW YORK, in its immense and rapid growth, now 
covers the whole of Manhattan Island, and extends to 
Kingsbridge, Westchester County. The island is a 
long, narrow strip of land running north and south, 
with the North River on the west, and the East River 
on the east ; about fourteen miles long, and an average 
of two and a half wide. Broadway, which begins at the Battery, 
passes through the centre of the city until it reaches Union Square, 
where it glances off a little westerly, and then passes straight on 
to Harlem River. The Fifth Avenue, beginning at Waverley Place 
and Washington Square, divides the city ; and the streets above 
this point, crossing the avenue, are numbered and known as East 
and West. The streets on the upper part of the island are laid 
out, with some respect to regularity, into squares, and twenty-one 
squares make a mile. 




ELEVATED RAILROAD, GREENWICH STREET, FROM THE BATTERY TO FIFTY- 
NINTH STREET. 

Among the important and necessary conveniences of New York 
are the City Railroads. They are to be found in all parts of the 
city, and running at short intervals during the day and part of the 
night. The cars on the Third and Eighth Avenues, at longer in- 
tervals, run all night. The fare on all the routes, with the follow- 
ing exceptions, is Five Cents. The Fourth Avenue is six cents 
for any distance to Forty-fourth Street ; above Forty-fourth Street, 
the fare is eight cents. On the Third Avenue, the fare is six 



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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NKAV YORK. 



cents above Sixty-fifth Street ; on the Eighth Avenue the fare is 
eight cents above Fifty-ninth Street, and ten cents above Seventy- 
second Street ; on the Second Avenue, the fare is six cents above 
Sixty-third Street ; on Avenue C, six cents. 



CITY RAILROAD ROUTES. 



Avenue C— From Fourth av. cor. E. 42d 
to Lexiugtou av., to E. 35tb, to First 
av., to E. '23d, to Av. A, to E. 17th, to 
Av. C, to Third, to First av., to E. 
and W. Houston, to West, to ft. Cham- 
bers. Returning through West, to 
Charlton, to Prince, to Stanton, to 
Pitt, to AV. C, to E. 18th, to Av. A, 
to E. 23d, to First av., to E. 36th, to 
Lexington av., to E. 4:2d and Fourth 
av. Fare 6 cents. 

Bleecker Street and Fulton Y^nj.— (Green 
cars). From W. 12th cor. Tenth av. 
to Hudson, Bleecker, Crosby, How- 
ard, Elm, Reade, Centre, Chatham. 
Park Row, Beekman, South, Fulton 
Ferry. Returning through Fulton, 
William. Ann, Park Row, Chatham, 
Centre, Leonard, Elm, Howard, Cros- 
by, Bleecker, Macdougal, W. 4th, W. 
12th, Hudson, W. 14th, Eleventh av., 
foot W. 23d. Also {yellow cars), from 
W. 12th cor. Tenth av. to Hudson, 
Bleecker, Crosby, Howard, Elm, 
Canal, Bowery, Chatham sq., New 
Bowery, Pearl, Peck si., South, Ful- 
ton Ferry. Returning nearly the same 
route. Fare 5 cents. 

Broadway and Seventh Avenue. — From 
Seventh av. cor. W. 59th, through 
Broadway, University pi., Wooster, 
W. Broadway, Barclay, Broadway. 
Returning through Barclay, Church, 
Greene, Clinton pi.. University pi., 
Broadway and Seventh av. Fare 5 
cents. 

Central Park, North and East Rivers.— 
Western Division, from South Ferry, 
throu<rh Whitehall, Battery pi., West, 
Tenth av., W. 59th, to Fifth av. Re- 
turning by same route. Eastern Di- 
vision, from South Ferry to Front, 
Old si., South, Montgomery, South, 
Jackson, Monroe, Grand, Goerck, E. 
Houi^ton, Av. D, E. 14th, Av. A, E. 
23d, First av., E. 59th, to Fifth av. 
Returning nearly same route. Fare 
5 cents. 

Christopher and Tenth Street. — From 
Christopher, cor. West, through 
Christopher to Greenwich av., 
through Greenwich av. to and across 
Sixth av., to Clinton pi., 8th, Av. A, 



through Av. A., E. 10th, through E. 
10th to the ferry. Returning through 
E. 10th to Av. A., to E. 9th, Stuyve- 
eant, 8th, Clinton pi., Greenwich av., 
W. 10th, West, to Christopher. Fare 
5 cents. 

Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery.— 
From E. 23d cor. Av. A., to E. 10th, 
Av. D, 8th, Lewis, Grand, E. Broad- 
way, Chatham, Park Row, Ann. Re- 
turning same route to Columbia, Av. 
D., E. 10th, Av. A., E. 23d. 

Canal Street Branch. —From foot of 
Grand to E. Broadway, to Canal, to 
Walker, to N. Moore, to Washington, 
to foot of Cortlandt. Returning to 
Greenwich, Beacb, Lispenard, Canal, 
Grand Street Ferry. 

Thirty -fourth Street Branch.— From. 
E. 34th to depot, Av. B. Second, Essex, 
E. Broadway, Chatham, Ann. Return- 
ing to Chatham, E. Broadway, Clin- 
ton, Av. B, E. 14th, Av. A, E. 23d, 
First Av., 34th Street Ferry. 

Desbr asses Street Ferry Branch. — 
From Grand Street Ferry, through 
Grand, Sullivan, Vestry, Greenwich, 
Desbrosses, to Ferry. Returning 
nearly the same route. Fare 5 cents. 

Eighth Avenue. — From Vesey, cor. 
Broadway, through Church to Cham- 
bers, W. Broadway, Canal, Hudson, 
Eighth av., Macomb's Dam. Return- 
ing by the same route. Fare 5 cents 
to W. 59th, 10 cents to Macomb's 
Dam. 

Elevated Railroad.— From No. 7 Broad- 
way, through Greenwich st. and Ninth 
av. to 59th St. Returning same route. 
Stations.— Corner of Liberty, War- 
ren, Franklin, Canal. Houston, W. 
11th. 12th, 21st. 30th, 34th, 42d, 50th, 
59th streets. Fare 10 cents. 

Forty-Second and Grand Street Ferry.- 
From foot W. 42d, to 10th av., W. ,34th, 
Broadway, E. 23d, Fourth av.. E. 14th, 
Av. A, E. Houston, Cannon, Grand, to 
Ferry. Returning through Grand to 
Goerck, E. Houston, Second, Av. A, 
E. 14th, Fourth av., E. 23d, Broad- 
way, W. 34th, Tenth av.. to foot W. 
42d. Fare 5 cents. 



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Harlem (City Line).— From Park Row to 
Centre, Graud, Bowery, Fourth av., 
E. 42d, Madisou av.. E. 86th. Also, 
from E. 3'2d to Lexington av., E. 34:th, 
to Hunter's Point Ferry. Returning 
same route through Broome to Cen- 
tre, to Park Row. Fare 6 cents to E. 
42d, 8 cents above. 

Harlem Bridge, Morrisania and Fordham.— 
From Harlem Bridge up Third av. to 
Fordham ; also, from Harlem Bridge 
up Third av. to Boston av., up Boston 
av. to West Farms. Fare 6 cents to 
Morrisania, 8 cents to Tremont, 10 
cents to Fordham, 10 cents to West 
Farms. 

New Central Cross Town.— From foot E. 
•23d to Av. A, E. 18th, Broadway, to 
E. Uth, E. and W. 14th to Seventh 
av., to W. 11th, to West, to Christo- 
pher Street Ferry. Returning nearly 
same route. Fare 5 cents. 

Ninth Avenne. — From Fulton, cor. Broad- 
way to Greenwich, Ninth av., W. 
54th. Returning through Ninth av., 
Washington, Fulton, to Broadway, 
Fare 5 cents. 

One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street.— 
From Third av. cor. E. 130th, through 
Third av., E. 125th, W. 125th, to N. R. 
Returning the same route. Fare 5 
cents. 

Second Avenue.—From Peck si. through 
South, Oliver, Chatham, Bowery, 
Grand, Forsyth, Second av., to Har- 
lem. Returning through Second av. 
to E. 23d, First av., Allen, Grand, 
Bowery, Chatham, Pearl, to Peck si. 
Also, from foot E. 92d to Av. A. E. 
86th, Second av., Stuyvesant, Astor 
pi., to Broadway. Returning same 
route. Fare 5 cents to E. 63d ; 6 cents 
above. Also, branch from Chatham 
to Worth, to Broadway. 

Seventh Avenue. — From Seventh av. cor. 
W. 59th, to Greenwich av., Clinton 
pi., Macdougal, W. 4th, Thompson. 
Canal, W. Broadway, Park pi., to 
Broadway. Returning through Park 
pi., Church, Canal, Sullivan, W. 4th, 
Macdougal, Clinton pi., Greenwich 
av.. Seventh av., to W. 59th. Fare 5 
cents. 

Sixth Avenue.—From Vesey, cor. Broad- 
way, through Church to Chambers, 
W. Broadway, Canal, Varick, Car- 
mine, Sixth av., to W. 59th. Return- 
ing by the same route. Fare 5 cents. 

South Ferry via New Church to Vesey.— 
Returning by the same route. Fare 
5 cents. 



Third Avenue.—From Ann through Park 
Row, to Chatham, Bowery, Third av., 
to Harlem Bridge. Returning by the 
same route. Fare 5 cents to E. 65th; 
6 cents to E. 130th, 

Forty-Second Street Route.— From Ann to 
Chatham, Bowery, Third av., to 35th, 
to Lexington av., to 42d Street Depot. 
Returning by the same route. Fare 5 
cents. 

Twenty-third Street-— From foot of and 
through W. 23d to E. 23d, E. R. Re- 
turning same route. Also from foot 
of and through W. 23d to E. 23d, to 
Second av., to E. 28th, to First av., 
to E. 34th Street Ferry. Returning 
through First av. to E. 29th, to Second 
av., to E. 23d, to and through to foot 
W. 23d, Fare 5 cents. 



CITY STAGE ROUTES. 

Fifth Avenue and Fulton Ferry.— Route 
from cor. 43d st. and Fifth av. , down 
Fifth av. to 12th, to University pi., 
to 11th, to Broadway, to Fulton st., 
and to Fulton Ferry. Fare 10 cents. 
Last stage leaves 43d st. at 11 p. m. 
Last stage leaves Fulton Ferry at 12 
midnight. 

Madison Avenue and Wall Street Ferry. — 
Roiate from 40th at. and Madison av., 
to Broadway, to Wall st., and to the 
Ferry. Last stage leaves 40th st., at 
10 15 p. m. Last stage leaves Wall 
Street Ferry at 11 30 p. m. 

Broadway, Twenty-third Street and Ninth 
Avenue. — Route Irom 30th st.. Ninth 
av., to 23d St., down Broadway, to 
South Ferry. Last stage leaves 29th 
St. at 10 20 p. m. Last stage leaves 
South Ferry at 11 30 p. m. 



PRINCIPAL CHURCHES. 



Amity Street, W. 54th, near Eighth av ; 

Wm. R. Williams, Minister. 
Calvary, 50 W. 23d ; Robert S. Mac- 

arthur, Minister. 
Central Park, E. 83d, near Second av.; C. 

C. Norton, Minister. 
East.Madison, cor. Gouverneur; Edward 

Love, Minister. 
Fifth Avenue, 6 W. 46th ; Thomas Armi- 

tage. Minister. 
First, Park av. cor. E. 39th ; Thos. D. 

Anderson, Minister. 



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Pirst Mariners', Oliver, cor. Henry; J. 
L. Hodge, Minister. 

Madison Avenue, cor. E. 31st ; J. F. 
Elder, Minister. 

North, 126 Christopher; J. J. Brouner, 
Minister. 

Pilgrim, 327 W. 33d; J. S. Kennard, 
Minister. 

Second German, 451 W. 45th; Henry 
Schneider, Minister. 

Sixteenth Street, 257 W. 16th; David B. 
Jutton, Minister. 

South, 235 W. 25th : A. C. Osborn, Min. 

Stanton Street, 36 Stanton; W. S. Mikels, 
Minister. 

Tabernacle, 166 Second av.; J. B. Haw- 
thorne, Minister. 

Trinity, E. 55th, near Lexington av; J. 
S. Holme, Minister. 

West, 53d, near Seventh av ; W. H. Pen- 
dleton, Minister. 

Eion, 7 Seventh av. ; John Corey, Min. 

CONGREGATIONAL. 

Church of the Disciples, Madison av. cor. 
E. 45th ; Geo. H. Hepworth, Minister. 

Harlem, E. 125th, near Second av. ; Sam- 
uel H. Virgin, Minister. 

Tabernacle, Sixth av. cor. W. 34th; W. 
M. Taylor, Minister. 

Welsh, 206 E. 11th. 

FRIENDS. 

East Fifteenth, cor. Rutherford pi. 
Twentieth Street, E. 20th, near Third av. 
Twenty-Seventh Street, 43 W. 27th. 

JEWISH SYNAGOGUES. 

AdarethEl., 135 E. 39th; Morris Leon, 

President. 
Ahavath Chesed, Lexington av. cor. E. 

55th; M. Kohner, President; D. 

Huebsch, Rabbi. 
Beth Abraham, 22 E. Broadway; S. Gold- 

stein, President. 
Beth Cholim, Lexington av. cor. E. 66th; 

E. B. Hart, President. 
Beth Hamedrash Eagodol, 69 Ludlow; 

Isaac Rosenthal, President. 
Beth-El, Lexington av. cor. E. 63d ; J. 

M. Stine, President; D. Einhorn, 

Rabbi. 

Bnai Israel, 41 Stanton; Meyer Rosen- 
thal, President. 

Bnai Jeshurun, 145 W. 34th; Moses Stras- 
berger. President. 



Bnai Sholom, 638 Fifth; Jacob Stearn, 

President. 
Darech Amuno, University bldg. ; A. 

Oettiuger, President. 
Rodeph Scholem, 8 Clinton; J. B. Gutten- 

burgh, President. 
Shaarai Berocho, 306 Sixth; I. Netter, 

President. 
Shaarai Rach Mim, 146 Norfolk; Marx 

rieishauer. President. 
Shaarai Tephila, 127 W. 14th; B. L. Solo- 
mon, President; S. M. Isaacs, Min. 
Shaarai Zedeck, 38 Henry; Moses Mais- 

uer. Rabbi. 
Shearith Israel, 2d, W. 19th near Fifth 

av.; J. S. Abecasis, President ; J. J. 

Lyons, Rabbi. 
Temple Emanu-El, Fifth av. cor. E. 43d; 

L. May, President; Samuel Adler, 

Gustave Gottheil, Rabbis ; A. Rubin, 

Reader. 

LUTHERAN. 

Bethlehems, 492 Grand ; C. Kuehn, Min. 
Church of Christ, 646 Sixth; George U. 

Weuuer, Minister. 
Gustavus Adolphus, 151 E. 22d; J. G. Prin- 

cell, Minister. 
Holy Trinity, 47 W. 21st; G. F. Krotel, 

Minister. 
Norwegian, 56 Monroe; O. Juul, Min. 
St. James', 216 E. 15th; A. C. Wedekind, 

Minister. 
St. John's, 81 Christopher ; A. H. M. 

Held, Minister. 
St. Luke's, 318 W. 43d; William Busse 

Minister. 
St. Mark's, 323 Sixth; H. Raegener, Min. 
St. Matthew's, 354 Broome; J. Ruperti, 

Minister. 
St. Paul's, 226 Sixth av. ; F. W. Geissen- 

hainer, Minister. 
St. Paul's, W. 123d near Seventh av.; 

Julius Ehrhart, Minister. 
St. Peter's, Lexington av. cor. E. 4Gth; 

E. F. Moldehnke, Minister. 
Trinity, Avenue B, cor. E. 9th; Freder- 
ick Koenig, Minister. 
Zion, E. 23d, cor. Fourth av. ; S. Keyl, 

Minister. 

METHODIST EPISCOPAL. 

Alanson, 52 Norfolk; Parsonage, 279 E. 

Broadway. 
Allen Street, 126 Allen; Parsonage, 128 

Allen. 



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Bedford Street, 28 Morton ; Parsonage, 37 
Morton. 

Beekman Hill, 321 E. 50th; Parsonage 
323 E. 50tli. 

Bethel Ship, foot of Carlisle. 

Central, 58 Seventh av. ; Parsonage, 60 
Seventh av. 

Chapel, Broadway, cor. W. 68th. 

Eighteenth Street, 307 W. 18th; Parson- 
at,'e, 305 W. 18th. 

First German, 252 Second; Parsonage, 
256 Second. 

Forsyth Street, 10 Forsyth; Parsonage, 
12 Forsyth. 

Forty-fourth Street, 461 W.4ith; Parson- 
age, 463 W. 44th. 

Forty-third Street. 253 W. 43d; Parson- 
age, 249 W. 43d. 

Franklin Chapel, 186 Franklin; Parson- 
age, 184 Franklin. 

German, 346 W. 40th; Parsonage, 350 W. 
40th. 

Bedding, 337 E. 17th ; Parsonage, 335 E. 
17th. 

Jane Street, 13 Jane ; Parsonage, 11 Jane. 

John Street, 44 Jolin; Parsonage, 257 
Henry. 

Ladies' Five Points Home Mission, 61 Park. 

Lexington Avenue, cor. E. 52d; Parson- 
age, 142 E. 53d. 

Perry Street, 122 Perry; Parsonage, 128 
Perry. 

Rose Hill, 221 E. 27th; Parsonage, 219 E. 

27th. 

St. John's, 231 W. 53d; Parsonage, 228 
W. 53d. 

St. Luke's, W. 41st, near Sixth av. ; Par- 
sonage, 143 W. 44th. 

St. Paul's, Fourth av. cor. E. 22d; Par- 
sonage. 289 Fourth av. 

Second Street, 276 2d; Parsonage, 280 2d. 
Seventh Street, 24 7th; Parsonage, 134 
Second av. 

Sixty-first Street Chapel, E. 61st, near 
Third av.; Parsonage, .S43 E. 62d. 

Thirtieth Street, 331 W. 30th; Parsonage, 
327 W. 30th. 

Thirty-Seventh Street, 223 E. 37th; Par- 
sonage, next church. 

Trinity, 248 W. 34th ; Parsonage, 263 W. 
34th street. 

Twenty-fourth Street, 359 W. 24th; Par- 
sonage, next church. 

Washington Square, 137 W. 4th ; Parson- 
age, 80 Macdougal street. 



Willett Street, 7 Willett; Parsonage, 5 

Willett street. 
Yorkville, 115 E. 86th; Parsonage, next 

church. 

AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL. 

African Union, 161 W. 15th street. 

Bethel, 214 Sullivan street. 

Emanuel, 87 Attorney; Parsonage, 91 

Attorney street. 
First African Union, 136 W. 30th street. 
St. Mark's, 65 W. 35th; Parsonage, 318 

W. 26th street. 
Union, Second av. near E. 84th street. 
Zion, 351 Bleecker; Parsonage, 66 Grove. 

PRESBYTERIAN. 

Alexander Chapel, 7 King; H. A. Daven- 
port, Minister. 
Allen Street, 61 Allen; George O. Phelps, 

Minister. 
Brick, Fifth av., cor, W. 37th; J. O. 

Murray, Minister. 
Central, W. 56th near Broadway; J. D. 

Wilson, Minister. 
Church of the Covenant, Park av. cor. E. 

35th; Marvin R. Vincent, Minister. 
Church of the Sea and Land, Market, cor. 

Henry; Edward Hopper, Minister. 
Fifth Avenue, cor. 55th and Fifth av. ; 

John Hall, Minister. 
First, Fifth av. cor. W. 11th; W. M. 

Paxton, Minister. 
First Union, 147 E. 86th ; Edward P. Pay- 

son. Minister. 
Forty-Second Street. 233 W. 42d ; W. W. 

Newell, jr., Minister. 
Fourth Avenue, 288 Fourth av. ; Howard 

Crosby, Minister. 
Fourteenth Street, cor. Second av. ; Rob- 
ert Slosfi, Minister. 
Fourth, 124 W. 34th; John Thompson, 

Minister. 
French Evangelical, 9 ITniversity pi. ; H. 

L. Grandlienard, Minister. 
German, 290 Madison ; B. Krusi, Min. 
Madison Square, Madison av. cor. 24th; 

Mission, 445 Third av. ; C. H. Payson, 

Minister. 
German Mission. 206 E. 3l8t; M. A. Erd- 

mann, Minister. 
Memorial, Madison av. cor. E. 53d: C. 

S. Robinson. Minister. 
Murray Hill, 135 E. 40th; George S. 

Chambers, Minister. 
New York, 169 W. 11th; W. W. Page, 

Minister. 



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North, Ninth av. cor, W. 31st; S. B. 

Kossiter, Minister. 
Phillips, Madison av. cor. E. 73d; Sam- 
uel D. Alexander, Minister. 
Rutgers, Madison av. cor. E. 29th; N. 

W. Conkling, Minister. 
Scotch, 53 W. 14th; S. M. Hamilton, 

Minister. 
Seventh, Broome, cor. Ridge; G. B. Bell, 

Minister. 
Shiloh (colored), 140 Sixth av. ; Henry 

Highland Garnett, Minister. 
Spring Street, 246 Spring; George M. 

McCampbell, Minister. 

Thirteenth Street, 145 W. 13th; S. D. 

Burchard, Minister. 
Twenty third Street, 210 W. 23d ; Erskine 

N. White, Minister. 
University Place, cor. E. 10th; R. R. 

Booth, Minister. 
Missions, Emanuel Chapel, 735 Sixth; 

Erastus Seymour, Minister. 
West, 31 W. 42d; Thomas S. Hastings, 

Minister. 
Westminster, 151 W. 22d; George D. 

Mathews, Minister. 

REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN. 

First, 123 W. 12th ; William Wylie, Ming. 

First, 426 W. 28th; J. C. K. Milligan, 
Minister. 

Fourth, 365 W. 48tb; James Kennedy, 
Minister. 

Second, W. 39th, near Seventh av. ; An- 
drew Stevenson, Minister. 

Third, 238 W. 23d; David Gregg, Mins. 

TTNITED PRESBYTERIAN. 

Eleventh Street, 206 E. 11th street. 
First, 233 E. 116th; J. S. McCuUoch, 

Minister. 
Third, 41 Charles; Hugh H. Blair, Mins. 
West Twenty-fifth Street, 161 W. 25th; 

John Kirkpatrick, Minister. 
West Forty-fourth Street, 434 W. 44th; G. 

Campbell, Minister. 

PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. 

Right Rev. Horatio Potter, Bishop, house 

38 E. 22d street. 
All Saints, 286 Henry; Wm. N. Bunnell, 

Rector. 
Annunciation, 142 W. 14th: William J. 

Seabury, Rector. 
Ascension, Filth av. cor. W. 10th; John 

Cotton Smith, Rector. 



Atonement, Madison av. cor. E. 28th; C. 

C. Tiflany, Rector. 
Calvary, Fourth av. cor. E. 21st; E. A. 

Washburn, Rector. 

Chapel of St. Augustine, 262 Bowery; 
Arthur C. Kimber, Clergyman. 

Chapel of the Shepherd's Flock, 330 W. 43d ; 

J. F. Steeu, Minister. 
Christ, Filth av. cor. E. 35th; H. M. 

Thompson, Rector. 
Church of the Holy Saviour, E. 25th, near 

Madison av. ; A. B. Carter, Rector. 
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, E. 74th, near 

Fourth av. ; J. Tuttle Smith, Rector. 
Church of Santiago, 30 W. 22d; Joaquin 

de Palma, Rector. 
Church of the Resurrection, E. 85th, near 

Third av. ; Edward O. Flagg, Rector. 
Du St. Esprit, 30 W. 22d; Leon Pons,. 

Rector. 
Eglise rrotestante Francaise, Fourth av. 

cor. E. 21st; E. Boral, Minister. 
Grace, 800 Broadway ; Henry C. Potter, 

Rector. 
Grace Chapel, E. 23d, near Third av. ; J. 

W. Kramer, Minister. 
Heavenly Rest, 551 Fifth av. ; R. S. How- 
land, Rector. 
Holy Communion, Sixth av. cor. W. 20th; 

F. E. Lawrence, Rector. 
Holy Trinity, Madison av. cor. E. 42d; 

S. H. Tyng, jr., Rector. 
Incarnation, Madison av. cor. E. 35th; 

J. Pierce, Rector. 

Memorial Church of the Rev. H. Anthon, 139 

W. 48th; R. Heber Newton, Rector. 
Moravian Mission. 636 Sixth ; Theodore 

Sondermann, Minister. 
Nativity, 80 Av. C; Caleb Clapp, Rector. 
Our Lord, 352 W. 35th; N. E. Cornwall, 

Rector. 
Our Saviour, foot Pike; R. J. Walker, 

Minister. 
Reconciliation. 242 E. 31st; E. S. Widde- 

mer. Rector. 
Redemption, 52 E. 23d ; U. Scott, Rector, 
Reformation, 228 E. 50th; U. Tracy, Re«t 

St. Alban's. E. 47th, near Lexington av 
j C. W. Morrill, Rector. 
St. Ambrose, 117 Thompson. 
St. Ann's, 7 W. 18th ; Thomas Gallau 

det, Rector. 
St. Barnabas' Chapel. 306 Mulberry; Ste 

phen Holmes, Minister. 
St. Bartholomew's, 348 Madison av. ; S, 

Cooke, Rector. 



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St. Chrysostom's Chapel, W. 39th, cor. 

Seventh av, ; Thomas H. Sill, G. C. 

Houghtou, Clergymen in charge. 
St. Clement's, 108 Amity; T. A. Eaton, 

Rector. 
St. George's, Rutherford pi,, cor. E. 16th; 

Stephen H. Tyng, Rector. 
Mission Chapel, 408 E. 19th ; Morris Tyng, 

Minister. 
St. George's German Chapel, 420 E. 14th; 

I. C. Fleischacker, Minister. 
St. John Baptist, 261 Lexington av. ; C. 

R. Duffie, Rector. 
St. John Evangelist, 222 W. 11th ; W. T. 

Egbert. Rector. 
St John's, 46.Varick; S. H. Weston, 

William H. Cook, and A. Wiswall, St. 

John's Chapel, Ministers. 
St. Luke's, 483 Hudson ; Isaac H. Tuttle, 

Rector, Arthur Warner, Assistant. 
St. Mark's, Stuyvesant near Second av. ; 

J. H. Rylance, Rector. 
St. Mary the Virgin, 228 W. 45th ; T. Mc- 

Kee Brown, Rector. 
St. Paul's, Broadway, cor. Vesey ; B. I. 

Haight, Minister. 
St. Peter's, 342 W. 20th; Alfred B. Beach, 

Rector. 
St. Stephen's, 55 W. 46th; J. H.Price, 

Rector. 
St. Thomas', Fifth av. cor. W. 53d ; W. 

F. Morgan, Rector. 

St. Timothy's, W. 57th, near Eighth av, ; 

G. J. Geer, Rector. 
Transfiguration, E. 29th, near Fifth av. ; 

G. H. Houghton, Rector. 
Trinity, Broadway, cor. Rector ; and St. 
Paul's, St. John's, and Trinity Chap- 
els; Morgan Dix, Rector, F. Ogilby 
and H. B. Hitchiugs, Assistant Minis- 
ters. 

Trinity Chapel, 15 W. 25th ; C. E. Swope, 

Minister, 
Zion, Madison av. cor, E. 38th; J, N, 

Galleher, Rector, 

REFORMED PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL, 

First, Madison av, cor, E. 47th; W. T. 
Sabine, Rector. 



REFORMED DUTCH. 

Collegiate, Lafayette pi. cor. E. 4th ; T. 

W. Chambers, Minister. 
Fifth Avenue, cor. W, 29th ; William Or- 

miston, Minister. 
Fifth Avenue, cor, W. 48th ; T. E. Ver- 

milye and James M. Ludlow, Min. 



Fourth German Mission, 244 W. 40th ; J. 

H, Oerter, Minister, 
Holland, Fifth av, cor, W. 29th ; A. H, 

M, Bechtold, Minister. 
Madison Avenue, cor. E. 57th; H. D. 

Ganse, Minister. 
South, Fifth av. cor, W, 21st; E. P. 

Rogers, Minister. 

Thirty-fourth Street, 307 W, 34th; Isaac 
Riley, Minister. 

Union, 25 Sixth av. ; W. B. Merritt, Min. 

Washington Square, Washington sq. E., 
cor. Washington pi. ; Mancius S. Hut- 
ton, Minister. 

ROMAN CATHOLIC. 

His Eminence Cardinal Archbishop McClos- 

key, house 218 Madison av. 
Assumption, 427 W, 49th; Benedict 

Stroehle, Pastor, 
Epiphany, 373 Second av.; R. L. Burt- 

sell. Pastor. 
Holy Cross, 335 W. 42d; Patrick Mc- 
Carthy, Pastor. 
Holy Innocents, 126 W, 37th; JohnLarkin, 

Pastor, 
Immaculate Conception, 505 E, 14th ; John 

Edwards, Pastor, 
Nativity, 46 Second av.; Wra. Everett, 

Pastor. 
St. Alphonsus, S. Fifth av. near Canal; 

Eugene Grimm, Pastor. 
St. Andrew's, Duane cor. City Hall pi, ; 

Michael Curran, Pastor, 
St. Ann's, 112 E. 12th; T, S, Preston, 

Pastor. 
St, Anthony, 149 Sullivan; James Titta, 

Pastor. 
St, Bernard's, W, 13th, near Tenth av. ; 

Gabriel A. Healy, Pastor. 

St, Bridget's, Av, B, cor. Eighth ; Thomas 
J. Mooney, Pastor. 

St. Columba's, 339 W. 25th; M. McAleer, 

Pastor. 
St. Francis, 139 W. 31st; Eugene Diko- 

vich. 

St, Francis Xavier, 36 W. 16th; D, Mer- 
rick, Pastor. 

St. Gabriel's, 312 E. 37th; W. H. Clowry, 
Pastor, 

St. James, 32 James ; F. H. Farrelly, 
Pastor, 

St, Joseph's, Sixth av. cor, W. Washing- 
ton pi. ; Thomas Farrell, Pastor. 

St. Mary's, 438 Grand; Edward J. 
O'Riley, Pastor. 



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St. Michael's, 407 W. 31st; Arthur J. 

Dounelly, Pastor. 
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Mott, cor. Prince; 

His Emiuence the Cardinal Arch- 
bishop McCloskey, Very Rev. Wm. 

Quiun, Vicar General, J. Kearney, M. 

Horgan, John Keau and John B. 

Salter, Pastors, 
St. Paul's, W. 59th, near Ninth av.; I. 

T. Hecker, Pastor. 
St. Peter's, Barchiy, cor. Church; M. J, 

O'Farrell, Pastor. 
St. Stephen's, U9 E. 28th; E. McGlynn, 

Pastor. 
St. Teresa, Rutgers, cor, Henry ; James 

Boyce, Pastor. 
St. Vincent Ferrer, Lexington av. cor. E. 

66th ; M. D. Lilly, Pastor. 
St. Vincent de Patfl, 127 W. 23d; Edmond 

Aubril, Pastor. 
Transfiguration, Mott, cor. Park; J. H. 

McGeau, Pastor. 

UNITARIAN. 

All Souls, Fourth av. cor, E. 20th; H. 

W. Bellows, Minister. 
Messiah, E. 34th, cor. Parkav.; William 

R. Alger, Minister. 
Third, W. 23d, cor. Sixth av. (Masonic 

TemiJle), O. B. Frothingham, Min. 
Unity Chapel, 72 E. 128th; W. T. Clark, 

Minister. 

UNIVERSALIST. 

Fifth, Stuyvesant, cor. E. 9th; I. M. At- 

wood. Minister. 
Fourth, Fifth av. cor. W. 45th; E. H. 

Chapin, Minister. 
Second, E. 127th, near Fourth av.; C. 

Fluhrer, Minister. 
Sixth, W. 57th, near Eighth av. ; James 

M. Pullman, Minister. 
Third, 214 Bleecker; E. C. Sweetser, 

Minister. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Camp Chapel, 116 Elizabeth; A. E. Aus- 
tin, Supt. 

Catholic Apostolic, 128 W. 16th; D. M. 
Fackler, Angel in charge. 

Chinese Temple, 12 Baxter; Tien Show, 
Priest. 

Christian Israelites, r. 108 First; Fred. 
Thomas, Minister. 

Church of the Disciples of Christ, 26 W. 
28th; D. R. Vaubnskirk, Minister. 

Church of the Strangers, Mercer, near 
Waverley pi.; Charles F. Deems, Min. 



Dewitt Chapel, 135 Greenwich; George 

Hatt, Minister. 
Evangelical, r. 138 W. 24th; M. Guhl, 

Minister. 

German Evangelical Reformed, 97 Suffolk; 

J. F. Busche, Minister. 
Greek Chapel, Nicholas Bjerring, Priest. 
Lebanon Chapel, 70 Columbia; J. H. 

Bradley, Minister. 
Mariners', Madison, cor. Catharine ; E. D. 

Murphy, Minister. 
Olivet Chapel, 63 Second; A. F. Schauff- 

ler and F. F. Hagen, Ministers. 
Pisgah Chapel, 185 Spring; William B. 

Jones, Minister. 
Seventh Day Baptist, Second av. cor. E. 

11th street. 
Swedenborgian First New Church Society, 

114 E. 35th ; Chauncey Giles, Minister. 
True Dutch Reformed, Perry, cor. W. 4th; 

Abram Vanhouten, Minister. 
United Brethren (Moravian), Lexington 

av. cor. E. 30th. 
Welsh Methodist Calvanistic, 225 E. 13th. 
Wilson Mission, 125 St. Mark's pi. 



TELEGRAPH COMPANIES. 

Am. District Telegraph Co., 62 Broadway. 

Atlantic and Pacific, 198 Broadway and 
11 Broad. 

Automatic Signal (Fire), 208 Broadway. 

Central, 30 Cortlandt. 

Erie Railway, 187 West and 193 Broad- 
way, to all places on the line of the 
road and its branches. 

Gold and Stock, 61 Broadway. 

International Ocean, 193 Broadway. 

Manhattan, 122 Front. 

Merchants' Exchange, Maritime and 
Sandy Hook, 66 Beaver. 

Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Co., 51 
New. 

Western Union, 193 Broadway. 



ART GALLERIES. 

Academy of Design, cor. Fourth av. and 

23d street. 
Goupil's, cor. 22d street and Filth av. 

Free. 
Snedeckor's, Broadway, near 10th street. 

Free. 
Schaus', 749 Broadway. Free. 
Somerville's, cor. 14th street and Filth 

av. Free. 



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RAILROAD DEPOTS. 

Baltimore and Ohio. — For Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington ; 
the West, Southwest and Northwest. Cortlandt and Desbrosses 
Streets Ferries to Jersey City, 

Brooklyn, Bath, and Coney Island. — Horse cars from Fulton and 
South Ferries to Greenwood, thence by Steam cars to Bath, 
Unionville and Coney Island. 

Central of New Jersey. — For Bergen Point, Elizabeth, Easton, 
Allentown, and the West. Ferry foot of Liberty Street. 

New York and Long Branch Division. Ferry foot of Liberty 
Street. 

Delaware, Lackaw^anna and Western. — For Scranton, Bingham- 
ton, and Oswego. Foot of Barclay and Christopher Streets to 
Hoboken. 

Erie Railway. — For Paterson, Binghamton, Elmira, Corning, 
Rochester, Hornellsville, Dunkirk, Buffalo, Niagara Falls ; to 
the West, Northwest, and Southwest. Chambers and Twenty- 
third Streets Ferries to Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City. 

Hudson River — to Yonkers, Peekskill, West Point, Newburc]i, 
Poughkeepsie, Hudson, to Albany — from Grand Central Depot, 
Forty-second Street. 

Hudson River. — Local Trains to Sing Sing and intermediate sta- 
tions, from Depot, West Thirtieth Street, corner Tenth Avenue. 

Long Island — to Jamaica, Mineola, Syosset, Port Jefferson, and 
Greenport — from James Slip to Hunter's Point. 



94 CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YOKK. 

Long Island, Flushing, and North Side — to Flushing, Hempstead, 
and Babylon, by boat to Fire Island — from James Slip to Hun- 
ter's Point, 

Morris and Essex — to Newark, Dover, Washington, and Fasten 
— foot of Barclay and Christopher Streets to Hoboken. 

New Haven and Hartford — to New Rochelle, Stamford, Norwalk, 
Bridgeport, New Haven, and Hartford — from Forty-second Street 
Depot. 

New Jersey and New York — to Hackensack, Spring Valley, and 
Haverstraw — from Chambers and Twenty-third Streets Ferries 
to Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City. 

New Jersey Southern, by steamer to Sandy Hook, cars to Long 
Branch, foot of Rector Street (Pier No. 8). 

New^ Jersey Midland, to Hackensack, Paterson, Bloomingdale, 
Franklin, and Middletown. Cortlandt and Desbrosses Streets 
Ferries to Jersey City. 

New York Central, via Hudson River R. R,, to Albany and inter- 
mediate places, to Utica, Syracuse, Rochester, Niagara Falls, for 
the West, Northwest, and Southwest. Grand Central Depot, 
Forty-second Street. 

New York and Boston, via Springfield and Worcester. Grand 
Central Depot. 

New York and Boston, via New London, Stonington, and Provi- 
dence, from Grand Central Depot. 

New York and Harlem — to Williamsbridge, White Plains, Lake 
Mahopac, Dover, Boston Corners, Chatham, Lebanon, to Albany 
—from Grand Central Depot, Forty-second Street. 

Pennsylvania — NeAC Jersey Division — to Newark, Elizabeth, Rah- 
way. New Brunswick. Princeton, Trenton, to Philadelphia, and 
connects with Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore R. R., 
for Baltimore and Washington. Cortlandt and Desbrosses Streets 
Ferries to Jersey City. 

Pennsylvania R. R. Co., connects with trains of New Jersey Divi- 
sion at Philadelphia for Lancaster, Harrisburg, Altoona, and 
Pittsburgh, with trains for the West, Northwest, and Southwest, 
same Depot. 

Prospect Park and Coney Island. Depot, Ninth Avenue and 
Twentieth Street, Brooklyn. Take the Vanderbilt Avenue cars 
at Fulton or Catharine Ferries, to Ninth Avenue and Twentieth 
Street. 

Southern R. R. of Long Island— to Jamaica, Rockaway, Babylon, 
Islip, and Patchogue— by boat to Fire Island. Ferries to Wil- 
liamsburg. 

Staten Island— by steamers from Whitehall Street (Pier No. 1, 
E. R.) to Vanderbilt Landing, via Railroad to Tottenville and 
intermediate stations. 



GENERAL IXFOKMATIOX. 



RIVER STEAMBOATS FROM NEW YORK, 

With JVanies, Piers, and Hours of Sailing. 
On the North River. 



Albany. — Day Boats, Daniel Drew and 
C. Vibbard. daily, 8:35 a.m. Pier 39. 
Citizens' Line —Thomas Powell, dai- 
ly, 6 p.m., except Saturdays. Pier 49. 
People's Line — Drew, St. John, and 
Deau Richmond, daily, 6 p.m. Pier 41. 
J. B. Schuyler, 6 p.m. Pier 35. 

Athens. — Andrew Harder and Walter 
Brett, daily, 6 p.m. Pier 42. 

Barrytown. — Ansouia, 5 p.m. Pier 35. 

Bergen Point. — Thomas P. Way, Sun- 
days only, 1U:30 a.m. Pier 26. 

Chancellor, daily, 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
Pier 14. 

Boston — Fall River Line — via Newport 
and Fall River — Steamers Newport 
and Old Colony to Fall River, then by 
rail to Boston, daily, 5 p.m. Pier 28. 
Providence and Stonington Line — via 
Providence — Steamers Rhode Island, 
Narragansett. and Stonington, daily, 5 
p.m. Pier 33. 

Neptune Line — via Providence — 
Steamers Electra and Galatea, daily, 5 
p.m. Pier 27. 

Norivich and Worcester Line — via 
New London — Steamers City of New 
York and City of Boston, daily, 5 p.m. 
Pier 40. 

Brown's Dock.— Sea Bird. For time of 
leaving see Red Bank. Pier 35. 

Castleton.— Wal Brett, 6 p.m. Pier 42. 

Catskill.— J. B. Schuyler and Andrew 
Harder, daily, 6 p.m. Pier 35. 

New Champion and Walter Brett, 
daily, 6 p.m. Pier 42. 

Chelsea.— Propeller Eureka, daily, 2 :30 
p.m. Pier 22. 

Cold Spring.— N. Champion and W. 
Brett, daily, 6 p m. Pier 42. 

Cornwall —J. W. Baldwin and T. Cor- 
nell, daily, 4 p.m. Pier 34. 
Andrew Harder, 6 p.m. Pier 35. 

Coxsackie.— Thos. McManus and Red- 
tield. daily, 6 p.m. Pier 49. 

Cozzens.— J. W. Baldwin, daily, 4 p.m. 
Pier 34. 
New Champion, 6 p.m. Pier 42. 

David's Island.— Henry Smith, Tues- 
day and Friday, 9a.m. Stops at Barge 
Office, Battery. Pier 58. 

Elizabethport. — Chancellor, daily, 11 
a.m., 5 p.m. Pier 14. 



Elm Fa.T'k.—J'eople's Ferry Co —Daily 
Pier 19. 

Englewood.— Adelphi, daily, 3:30 p.m. 
(Stops at 24th St.; Pier 34. 

Esopus.— J. W. Baldwin and T. Cornell, 
daily, 4 p.m. Pier 35. 

Fairhaven.— Sea Bird. For time of leav- 
ing see Red Bank. Pier 35. 

Fall River.— Fall River Line— Bristol 
(with music) and Providence, daily, 
5 p.m. Pier 28. 

Fishkill Landing.— Ship by H. Rams- 
dells Line to Newburg. Pier 35. 

Fort Lee. -Flora, daily, from 125th st., 
Manhatt mville, Sunday, hourly from 
8:25 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. 

Pleasant Valley (stops at 24th St.), 
daily. Piej 42. 

Fort Schuyler.- -Henry Smith. Pier 58. 

G-ermantown.— New Champion and 
Walter Brett, daily, 6. p.m. Pier 42. 
Andrew Harder. Tuesday, Thurs- 
day, Saturday, 6 p.m. Pier 35. 

Grovernor's Island —Propeller Govern- 
or's Island. Battery at 7:30, then 
hourly from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. 

G-rassy Point.— Chrysteuah, daily. 3:15 
p.m. Stops 24th st. Pier 34. 

Hastings.— Adelphi, daily, 3:30 p.m. 
Stops 24th St. at 3:40 p.m. Pier 34, 

Haverstraw.— Adelphi, daily. 3:30 p.m. 
Stops 24th St. Pier 34. 

Chrystenah, daily, 3:15 p.m. Stops 
24th St. Pier 34. 

Highlands, N. J.— Sea Bird. For time 
ol leaving see Red Bank. 

Highlands,N. Y.— D. S. Miller and Has- 
brouck, daily, 5 p.m. Pier 35. 

Thomas Cornell, Tuesday, Thursday, 
and Saturday, 4 p.m. Pier 34. 

Hudson.— T. McManus and Redfield, 
daily. 6 p.m. Pier 49. 

Hyde Park.— Walter Brett, Tuesday, 
Thursday, and Sa'day. 6 p.m. Pier 42. 

Keyport.— Holmdel. Pier 26^. 

Matteawan, daily, 3 p.m. Pier 26. 

Kingston. — J. W. Baldwin and T. Cor- 
nell, 4 p.m. Pier 34. 

Locust Point. — Sea Bird. For time of 
leaving see Red Bank. Pier 35. 

Long Branch. — Steamers from Pier 8. 

Maldon. — And. Harder, 6 p.m. Pier 35. 
Champion and Brett, daily, 6 p.m. 
Pier 42. 



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Mariner's Harbor — Chancellor, daily, 

11 a.m., 5 p.m. Pier 14. 
Marlborough.— D. S. Miller and J. L. 

Hasbrouck, daily, 5 p.m. Pier 35, 

J. W. Baldwin and T. Cornell, daily, 
4p.m. Pier 34. 
Matteawan.— W. J. Matteawan, daily, 

3 p.m. Pier 26. 

Milton. — J. W. Baldwin and Cornell, 

daily, 4 p.m. Pier 34. 
New Bedford. — Stonington Line— ^io- 

niugtou and Rhode Island, daily, 5 

p.m. Pier 33. 
New Brighton. — People's Ferry Co. — 

Daily. Do not land on Sundays. 
Newburg. — H. Ramsdell <£ Co's. Line — 

Susquehanna and C. Spear, daily, 4 

p.m. Pier 35. 
J. W. Baldwin and T. Cornell, daily, 

4 p.m. Pier 34. 

New Hamburg— D. S. Miller and J. 

L. Hasbrouck, daily, 5 p.m. Pier 35. 
New London. — Vermont C. R. R. Line — 

Pier 36. 
New Baltimore.- Wal. Brett. Tuesday, 

Thursday, and Satur., 6 p.m. Pier 42. 
Newport, R. I.— Fall River Line— (with 

music), Bristol and Providence, daily, 

5 p.m. Pier 28. 
Nyack.--Chrystenah, daily, 3:15 p.m. 

Stops at 24th st. Pier 34. 

Oceanic, N. J.— Sea Bird. For time of 
leaving see Red Bank. Pier 35. 

Peekskill.— Chrysteuah, daily, 3:15 p.m. 
Stops at 24th St. at 3:20 p.m. Pier 34. 

Perth Amboy.— Propeller Eureka, dai- 
ly. 2:30 p.m. Pier 22. 

Pleasant Valley. — Pleasant Valley. 
Stops at 24th st.. daily 10a.m., 2 and 5 
p.m. Sundays 9, 10, 11 a.m.; 1, 2, 3 
p.m. Pier 42. 

Pleasant Valley.— Flora. Daily from 
125th St.. Manhattanville. Sunday, 
hourly from 8:25 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

Port Monmouth.— .V. J. Southern R.R. 
Line— Fier 8. 

Port Richmond. — People's Ferry Co. — 
Daily. Pier 19. 

Poughkeepsie. — J. W. Baldwin, 4 p.m. 
Pier 34. 

D. S. Miller and J. L. Hasbrouck, 
daily, 5 p.m. Pier 35. 

Port Washington.— Propellor J. W. 
Harding. Wednesday and Saturday, 

12 m. Pier 34. 

Port Washington, N. J.— Sea Bird. 

See Red Bank. Pier 35. 



Providence, R. 1.— Stonington Line — 
Stonington, Narragansett, and Rhode 
Island, daily, 5 p.m. Pier 33. 

Electra and Galatea, 5 p.m. Pier 27. 

Red Bank, N. J. — Sea Bird. According 
to tide. Pier 35. 

Rhinebeck.— Andrew Harder, Tuesday, 
Thurs., and Satur., (i p.m. Pier 35. 
Champion and Brett, daily, 6 p.m. 
Pier 42. 

Rockland Lake. — Chrystenah, daily, 
3:15 p.m. Stops at 24th st. Pier 34. 

Rondout. — Same as Kingston. 

Rossville. — Propeller Eureka, daily, 
2:30 p.m. Pier 22. 

Propeller J. W. Harding, Wednesday 
and Saturday, 12 m. Pier 35. 

Sailors' Snug Harbor.— People's Ferry 
Co.— Daily, except Sunday. Pier 19. 

Sandy Hook, N. J.— Pier 8. See N. J, 
Southern R. R. time table. 

Saugerties.— Ansonia, Tuesday, Thurs- 
day, and Saturday, 5 p.m. Pier 35. 

Shrewsbury, N. J.— See N. J. South- 
ern K. R. time table. Pier 8. 

Sing Sing.— Adelphi, daily, 3:30 p.m. 
Stops at 24th st. Pier 34. 

Smith's Dock. — Champion and Brett, 
daily, 6 p.m. Pier 42. 

Andrew Harder, Tuesday, Thurs- 
day, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Pier 35. 

South Amboy.— Eureka, daily, 2:30 
p.m. Pier 22. 

Stapleton.— D. R. Martin, daily. Pier 8. 

Star Landing. — Propeller Eureka, dai- 
ly. 2:30. Pier 22. 

Propeller J. W. Harding, Wednes- 
day and Saturday, 12 m. Pier 13. 

Stonington, Conn. — Stonington Line — 
Stonington. Narragansett, and Rhode 
Island, daily, 5 p.m. Pier 33. 

Staatsburg. — Andrew Harder, Tues- 
day. Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. 
Pier 35. 

Stuyvesant. — Walter Brett, Tuesday, 
Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. 
Pier 42. 

Andrew Harder, Tuesday, Thurs- 
day, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Pier 35. 

Tarrytown.— Chrystenah. daily, 3:15 
p.m. Stops 24th st. Pier 34. 

Tivoli — Ausonia, Tuesday, Thursday, 
and Saturday, 5 p.m. Pier 35. 

Champion and Brett, daily, 6 p.m. 
Pier 42. 

Tompkins Cove.— Chrystenah, Tues- 
day, Thursday, and Saturday, 3:15 
p.m. 'Stops at 24th st. Pier 24. 



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Tottenviile.— Propeller Eureka, daily, 
2:30 p.m. Pier 22. 

Tioy.— Citizen's Line— Fowell, Tuesday, 
Thursday, Sunday, 6 p.m. Pier 49. 

J. B. Schuyler, Monday, Wednes- 
day, Friday, 6 p.m. Pier 35. 

West Brighton. — People's Ferry Co. — 
Daily. Pier 19. 

West Park J. W. Baldwin, Monday, 

Wednesday, Friday, 4 p.m. Pier 34. 

West Point.- -New Champion, Monday, 
Wednesday, Friday, 6 p.m. Pier 42. 

White Mountains. — Stonington Line — 
Stonington and Rhode Island, daily, 
5 p.m. Pier 33. 

Willett's Point.— Henry Smith, Tues- 
day & Friday, 9 a.m. Stops at Barge 
Office, Battery. Pier 58. 

Wood's Dock.— Propeller J.W.Harding, 
Wednesday & Saturday, 12 m. Pier 35. 

Yonkers. — Chrystenah and Adelphi, 
daily. Stops at 24th st. Pier 34. 

On the East River. 
Astoria Harlem Boats. Stopping at 

11th St., daily. Pier 24. 
Harlem and Morrisania Steamboat 

Co.— Daily. Pier 22. 
Bayle's Dock. — Seawanhaka, daily, 4 

p.m. Pier 24. 
Bridgeport, Conn.— Bridgeport, daily, 

11:30 a.m. Pier 35. 
Clifton, S. l.—Staten Island R.R. Ferry. 

— Daily. Pier 1. 
Essex, Conn.— City of Hartford and 

Sate of New York, daily, 4 p.m. 

Pier 24. 
G-len Cove, L. I.— Seawanhaka. Stops 

at 33d St., daily, 4 p.m. Pier 24. 
Glen Wood.— Seawanhaka. Stops at 

33d St., daily, 4 p.m. Pier 24. 
Great Neck, L. I.— Seawanhaka. Stops 

at 33d St., daily, 4 p.m. Pier 24. 
Greenport. — W. W. Coit, Tuesday, 

Thursday, Friday, 5 p.m. Pier 16. 
Harlem. --Z)i>ecf.— Harlem Boats Ex- 
press, daily. Pier 24. 
Harlem and Morrisania Steamboat 

Co.— Daily. Pier 22. 
Hartford, Conn.— City of Hartford and 

State of New York, daily, 4 p.m. 

Pier 24. 
High Bridge.— Leave hourly from Har- 
lem Bridge during Summer. 

Lynn, Conn. — City of Hartford and 
State of New York, daily, 4 p.m. 
Pier 24. 



Martha's Vineyard.— i^T^. B. and N. Y. 

S. S. Co.— Daily, 5 p.m. Pier 39. 
Portland Steamers, Monday and 

Thursday, 4 p.m. Pier 38. 
Middle Haddam.— City of Hartford and 

State of New York, daily, 4 p.m. 

Pier 24. 
Middletown, Conn.— City of Hartford 

State of New York, and Granite 

State, daily, 4 p.m. Pier 24. 
Morrisania, N. Y. — See Harlem Boats. 
Nantucket.— iV. B. d- N. Y. S. S. Co.— 

Daily, 5 p.m. Pier 39. 
New Bedford.— iV. B. <£■ N. Y. S. S. Co. 

—Daily, 5 p.m. Pier 39. 
New Brighton, North %h.oxe.— North 

Shore Ferry Co.— Daily. Pier 1. 
New Haven, Conn.— C. H. Northam, 

Continental and Elm City. Stops at 

23d St., daily, 3 p.m. Pier 25. 
New London. — Vermont C. 11. R. Line. — 

Daily, 5 p.m. Pier 3G. 
New Suffolk.— W. W. Coit, daily. Pier 

16. 
Norwich.- Propeller Delaware, Friday, 

12 m. Pier 39. 
Orient.- W. W. Coit, Tuesday and Fri- 
day, 4 p.m. Pier 16. 
Portland, Me.- Maine S.S. Co.— Monday 

and Thursday, 4 p.m. Pier 38. 
Port Richmond, S. 1.— North Shore 

Ferry Co.— Daily. Pier 1. 
Rockaway.— Neversink and Americus. 

Excursion boats. Pier 37. 
Roslyn. — Seawanhaka, daily, 4 p.m. 

Pier 24. 
Sands Point.— Seawanhaka, daily, 4 

p.m. Pier 24. 
Sailors' Snug Harbor.- iVbr^'i Shore 

Ferry Co.— Daily. Pier 1. 
Sag Harbor.— W. W. Coit, Tuesday 

and Friday, 4 p.m. Pier 16. 
Saybrook, Conn.— City of Hartford and 

State of N. Y., daily, 4 p.m. Pier 24. 
Shelter Island.— W. W. Coit, Tuesday 

and Friday, 4 p.m. Pier 16. 
Sea Cliff.— Seawanhaka, Stops 33d St., 

daily, 4 p.m. Pier 24. 
South Norwalk.— Nelly White, daily, 3 

p.m. Pier 37. 
Tompkinsville.— <S'to<en Island R. R. 

Ferry. — Daily (hourly). Pier 1. 
Vanderbilt, S. I.—Staten Island R. R. 

Ferry.— Daily (hourly). Pier 1. 

West BTighton.—North Shore Ferry Co. 
— Daily (hourly). Pier 1. 



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WASHINGTON MARKET, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 



PUBLIC MARKETS. 

TliR principal Markets of New York — 
the Washington and Fulton— originally 
■bl^ilt many years ago, have had addi- 
tions constructed to them from time to 
time, as the wants of the public have 
increased, until they now present a 
picturesque view of incongruously at- 
tached buildings. Nothing in the way 
of architectural symmetry or appear- 
ance has been thought of in their 
construction. The great amount of 
business which is daily and nightly 
transacted in the Washington Market 
particularly, absolutely leaves no time 
for improvement or ornamentation. 
But if their exteriors fail to please, 
their interiors will afford a panoramic 
exhibition of the greatest interest. 
The Markets of New York will favorably 
compare in quantity and variety of pro- 
duce with any Market in the world. 

The City Public Markets are : 
Oatharine Market is on the East River at 

the foot of Catharine street. 
Centre Market is bounded by Grand, 

Broome, Centre, and Baxter streets. 
Clinton Market is on North River, foot 

of Canal and Spring streets. 
Essex Market is on Grand and Ludlow 

streets. 

Franklin Market is on East River at Old 

Slip. 

Pulton Market is bounded by South, Ful- 
ton, and Beekman streets. 

Gouverneur Market is on East River, cor. 
of Water and Gouverneur streets. 



Jefferson Market is at the junction of 
Sixth and Greenwich avs. 

Tompkins Market is on Third av.. East 
side, extending from Sixth to Seventh 
streets. 

Union Market is at the junction of Sec- 
ond and Houston streets. 

Washington Market, where a vast deal 
more produce is sold than anywhere 
else in the city, is on North lliver. at 
the foot of Vesey and Fulton streets. 



USE OF CARRIAGES. 

Strangers employing coaches will 
consult their own interests and conve- 
nience by making a bargain with the 
driver before enterinof the vehicle. 
I Each carriage is required to have its 
I license number conspicuously painted 
on its lamps, and the legal rates of fare 
I printed and posted up within it in plain 
i sight ; and no hackman whose carriage 
j is not so furnished, can collect any fare 
I from his customer. In case of any vio- 
1 lation of the law, or overcharge, passen- 
fjers will report the number of the car- 
riage at the Mayor's office (City Hall) 
I for advice or redress. 

RATES OF FARES. 

1. For conveying a passenger any dis- 
tance not exceeding one mile. .^1. 00 ; 
for two passengers the same distance, 
$1. 50; and for every additional passen- 
ger, 50 cts. 

2. For any distance exceeding a mile. 



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99 



and within two miles, 75 cts. ; for every 
additional passenger, 37^ cts. 

3. For the use of a carriage by the 
hour, with one or more passengers, 
with the privilege of going from place 
to place, and stopping as often as may 
be required, SI an hour. 

4. In all cases where the hiring of a 
hackney coach or carriage is not at the 
time thereof specified to be by the day 
or hour, it shall be deemed to be by 
the mile. 

5. For children between 2 and 14 
years of age, half price ; and for chil- 
dren under 2 years, no charge is to 
be made. 

6. Whenever a hackney coach or car- 
riage shall be detained, excepting as 
aforesaid, the owner or driver shall be 
allowed after the rate of 75 cts. an hour. 

In case of disagreement as to distance 
or price, the same shall be determined 
by the First Marshal. 

Every licensed owner or driver of any 
hackney coach, carriage, or cab, when 
with his coach, carriage, or cab on any 
public stand, or at any of the steam- 
boat landings, or railroad depots, shall 
wear conspicuously on his left breast a 
badge in the form of a shield, of a size 
sufficient to admit the number of the 
coach to be engraved thereon in plain 
black figures, with the word " Li- 
censed " above and the word " Hack " 
beneath such number, in semi-circular 
form. 

Every driver of any carriage or cab 
shall present to every passenger em- 
ploying him a card, on which shall be 
legibly printed the number of his 
license, and also the name and stable of 
the owner, and the number of the car- 
riage or cab driven by him, together 
with the place oi the Mayor's office. 



PliACES OF AMUSEMENT. 

Academy of Music, 14th street and Irving 
Place. Eeached by Third and Fourth 
av. cars to 14th street ; 42d street 
cross-town cars pass the door. 

Booth's Theatre, cor. 23d street and 
Sixth av. Broadway and 23d street 
stages and Sixth av. cars pass the 
door. Broadway cars pass within 
one square to the East, and the Sev- 
enth av. cars within one square to 
the West. 

Bowery Theatre, Bowery, near Canal 
street. Third and Second av. cars 
pass the door. A branch of the 



Bleecker street line (yellow cars) also 

pass it. 
Chickering Hall, Fifth av. and 18th 

street. University Place cars pass 

within one block of the HaU. 
Colosseum, cor. of Broadway and 36 1 h 

street. Sixth av. and Broadway cars 

pass the door. 
Eagle Theatre, Sixth av. bet. 32d and 

33d streets. Broadway and Sixth av. 

cars pass the door. 

Fifth Avenue Theatre, 28th street, near 
Broadway. Reached by Broadway 
and University Place cars, and 42d 
street and Grand street ferry cars, 
and Broadway omnibuses pass the 
corner. 

Germania Theatre, 14th street (Tammany 
Hall). Reached by Third and Fourth 
av. cars to 14th street, and 42d street 
cars pass the door. 

Globe Theatre, Broadway, bet. Fourth 
street and Astor Place. All the 
Broadway omnibuses pass the door. 

Grand Opera House, cor. 23d street and 
Eighth av. Broadway and 23d street 
omnibuses, and Eighth av. cars pass 
the door. 

Lyceum Theatre (formerly the French 
Opera House), 14th street. West of 
Sixth av. The situation is three 
squares West of Broadway; Sixth av. 
cars pass the corner. 

Metropolitan Theatre, 585 Broadway. All 
the Broadway omnibuses pass the 
door. 

Niblo's Theatre, Broadway, bet. Prince 
and Houston streets, in rear of Met- 
ropolitan Hotel. All the Broadway 
omnibuses pass the door. 

Olympic Theatre, Broadway, bet. Hous- 
ton and Bleecker streets. Broadway 
omnibuses pass the door, and the 
Bleecker street cars pass the corner 
above. 

Park Theatre, Broadway, bet. 21st and 
22d streets. Broadway and 42d street 
cars pass near the house. 

Robinson Hall, 16th street, near Broad- 
way. Broadway cars and omnibuses 
pass the corner. 

San Francisco Minstrels, Broadway, cor. 
29th street. Reached by Broadway 
cars and stages. 

Steinway Hall, 14th street, near Fourth 
av. Third and Fourth av. cars pass 
the corners, 42d street cars pass the 
door. 



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Stadt Theatre (German), Bowery, bet. 
Bayard aud Caual streets. Third aud 
Secoud avs., aud the yellow Bleecker 
street cars pass the door. 

Tivoli Theatre, Eighth street, bet. Sec- 
oud aud Third avs. Reached by Sec- 
oud aud Third av. cars. 

Third Avenue Theatre, bet. 30th aud 31st 
streets. Third av. cars pass the 
door. 

Theatre Comique, 514 Broadway, opposite 
St. Nicholas Hotel. Ml the Broadway 
stages pass the door. 

Twenty-third Street Theatre, formerly 
Bryant's Opera House, 23d street aud 
Sixth av. Sixth av. aud 23d street 
cars, and Broadway aud 23d street 
omuibuses. 

Union Square Theatre, cor. Broadway aud 
Uth street. Reached by the Broad- 
way omuibuses; the Fourth av. aud 
42d street liue of cars pass near the 
door. 

Wallack's Theatre, Broadway, cor. 13th 
street, oue square below Uuion Park. 
All Broadway omuibuses pass the 
door; Fourth av. cars are at the rear; 
Broadway cars oue short square to 
the West. 

Wood's Museum, Broadway, uear 30th 
street. Broadway aud 4r2d street cars 
pass the door. It is sitiiated a short 
square east of Sixth av. 



PRINCIPAL HOTELS. 

The Hotels of New York have long en- 
joyed the reputation of being the best 
in the world. They are numerous and 
well distributed throughout the city. 
They are spacious, some of them havinj^ 
a capacity to accommodate 1,000 guests 
— aud sumptuously furnished aud sup- 
plied with every convenience which can 
in any way contribute to the comfort of 
the guest. Many of the Hotels have 
adopted the European plan of charging 
separately for rooms and meals; others 
adhere to the American custom of in- 
cluding both items. 

ON THE AMERICAN PLAN. 

Belvidere Irving Place & 15th St. 

Branting Madison. Av. & .58th St. 

Broadway Broadway & 42d St. 

Bull's Head 322 Third Ave. 

Clarendon 64 Uuion Square. 

Clinton Place 755 Broadway. 

Espanola 21 East 4th St. 

Farmers' 10 Broadway. 

Fulton 202 Third Ave. 



Glenham 3d Ave & 24th St. 

Grand Union 4th Ave & 4l3t St. 

Groot's 490 Caual St. 

Grosvenor 37 Fifth Ave. 

Hudson Exchange.. ..10th Ave. & 30th St. 

Irving Place 1 Irving Place. 

Lenox 72 Fifth Ave. 

Madison Avenue 63 Madison Ave. 

Marlborough Sixth Ave. & 38th St. 

Merchants' 39 Cortlaudt St. 

Mill's 375 Fourth Ave. 

New England 30 Bowery. 

New York 721 Broadway. 

Old Libby 386 Fourth Ave. 

Pacific 174 Greenwich St. 

Spingler 5 Union Square. 

Strasbourg 229 Teuth Ave. 

Sturtevant 1186 Broadway. 

Tyler Broadway & 12th St. 

Van Dyke 28 Bowery. 

Washington 1 Broadway. 

Windsor Fifth Ave. k 46th St. 

ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. 

Albemarle Broadway & 24th St. 

Alborne 256 Fulton St. 

Anson 79 Spring St 

Anthony 834 Broadway. 

Arlington 22 East 14th St. 

Astor 221 Broadway. 

Belmont 137 Fulton St. 

Bowery 395 Bowery. 

Brandreth Broadway & Canal St. 

Brevoort H Fifth Ave. 

Brevoort Place Broadway & 10th St. 

Brower 24 West 28th St. 

Brunswick 225 Fifth Ave. 

Buckingham 50th St. & Fifth Ave. 

Central 253 Caual St. 

Central 272 West St. 

Central Park 7th Ave. & 59th St. 

City 71 Cortlaudt St. 

Coleman Broadway & 27th St. 

Columbian 187 Chatham St. 

Continental 442 Broadway, 

Cooper 80 East 9th St. 

Cooper Union 19 Third Ave. 

Cosmopolitan Chambers & W. B'way. 

Crittenden Broadway & 26th St. 

Crook's 84 Chatham St. 

Dey Street 58 Dey St. 

Earle's Canal k Centre Sts. 

Eastern 62 Whitehall St. 

Empire 613 Third Ave. 

Everett 4th Ave. & 17th St. 

Everett's 104 Vesey St. 

French's Chatham & Frankfort Sts. 

Garvey 4th Ave. & 42d St. 

Germania 141 Cedar St. 

Germania 137 Grrand St. 

Gilsey Broadway k 29th St. 

Glenham 155 Fifth Ave. 



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101 



Grand Broadway & 31st St. 

Grand Central 671 Broadway. 

Grant 48 New Bowery. 

Hanfield's 622 Grand St. 

Hartman's H Bowery. 

Hoflfman 1111 Broadway. 

International 17 & 19 Park Row. 

Irving 49 East 12th St. 

Jegel 47 Barclay St. 

Lafayette 595 Broadway. 

La Pierre 56 Warreu St. 

Leggett's 46 Chatham St. 

Lion Park 110th St. & Eighth Ave. 

McKinley's 93 South St. 

Madison Square Broadway & 21st St. 

Manhattan 265 Bowery. 

Monument 6 Union Square. 

National .5 Cortlandt St. 

New Jersey 73 Cortlandt St. 

Northern Cortlandt k Weat Sts. 

Occidental Broome St. & Bowery. 

Paige's Spring & West Sts. 

Paris 22 West Houston. 

Park Beekmau & Nassau Sts. 

Parker Broadway & 34th St. 

Pearl Street 309 Pearl St. 

Putnam 367 Fourth Ave. 

Recreo 11 West 11th St. 

Reinhardt's 2 Greenwich St. 

Reservoir Park 40th St. & Sixth Ave. 

Revere — 606 Broadway. 

Rossmore Broadway & 42d St. 

St. Charles 648 Broadway. 

" Cloud Broadway & 42d St. 

" Denis Broadway & 11th St. 

" Germain 22d St. & Broadway. 

" James 2Gth St. & Broadway. 

" Julien 4 Washington Place. 

" Lawrence 31 Bowery. 

" Omer Sixth Ave. & 23d St. 

Sauer's Fourth Ave. & 26th St. 

Sheridan 159 Canal St. 

Smith & McNeil's 197 Washington St. 

Smith's 56 Chatham St. 

Soule's European 6th Ave. & 44th St. 

Southern 679 Broadway. 

Stacy 760 Broadway. 

Steel's 316 Greenwich St. 

Steuben 295 Bowery. 

Stevens 23 Broadway. 

Summit Canal & Bowery. 

Sweeney's Duane & Chatham. 

Tremont 663 Broadway. 

Union Place Broadway & 14th St. 

Union Square 16 Union Square. 

United States Fulton & Water. 

Vanderbilt 149 Hudson St. 

Van Dyke 21 Catharine Slip. 

Washington 375 Fourth Ave. 

Westminster Irving Place & 16th St. 

Westmoreland. . . .Fourth Ave. & 17th St. 

West Side 227 Sixth Ave. 

Winchester Broadway & 31st St. 



ON THE AMERICAN AND EUKOPEAN PLANS. 

Ashland 4tb Ave. & 24th St. 

Barnum's 904 Broadway. 

City 1 Clinton Place. 

Fifth Avenue 5th Ave. & 23d St 

Frankfort Frankfort k William Sts. 

Maltby 21 Great Jones St. 

Metropolitan 586 Broadway. 

Prescott Broadway & Spring St. 

St. Nicholas 515 Broadway. 

Sailor's Home 338 Pearl St. 

Sinclair 754 Broadway. 



lilBRARIES. 

Apprentices', 472 Broadway. Open from 

8 A.M. to 9 P.M. 

Astor, Lafayette Place, near Astor Place. 
Open daily, except Sundays and Holi- 
days, from 9 A.M. to 5 p.m. Free. 

City, 12 City Hall. Open daily from 10 
A.M. to 4 P.M. Free. 

Cooper Union, Seventh street, cor. 
Fourth av. Free reading-rooms for 
males and females. Open from 8 

A.M. to 10 P.M. 

Harlem, Third av., near 122d street. 

Open from 2 to 7 p.m. 
Library of the American Institute, Cooper 

Union. Open daily, from 9 a.m. to 

9 p.m., and on Wednesdays and Satur- 
days, from 9 A.M. to 7 p.m. 

Mercantile Library, Astor Place. Open 
8 A.M. to 9 P.M. Down-town office 51 
Liberty street. Reading-room open 
from 8 A.M. to 10 p.m. 

Mott Memorial Free Medical, 58 Madison 
av. Open daily, from 11 a.m. to 1 
P.M., and from 7 to 10 p.m. 

New York Historical Society, Second av. , 
cor. E. 11th street. Open, from Octo- 
ber to April, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. ; 
from April to Oct., 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

New York Law Institute, New Post Office. 
Open from 8.30 a.m. until 6 p.m. from 
1st of March to 1st of October; rest 
of the year, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

New York Society, 67 University Place. 
Open from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. Read- 
ing-room from 8 A.M to 10 p.m. 

Printers', 3 Chambers street. Open 
every Saturday evening. 

Women's, 38 Bleecker street. Open 
daily, from 9 a.m. to 4 p. m. 

Young Men's Christian AsFociation, 23d 
street and Fourth av. ; Third av., cor. 
E. 122d street; 245 Hudson street; 
473 Grand, and 285 Bleecker streets. 
Open daily. 



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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK. 



LOCATION or PIERS. 

NOKTH KIVEB. 

JVo. Foot of Street. 
1, 2, 3— Battery Place. 
4, 6, 6, 7, 8— liector. 
9, 10, 11— Rector aud Carlisle. 
12, 13, 14— Albauy aud Cedar. 
15, 16-Liberty. 
17, 18, 19— Cortlandt. 
20, 21— Dey and Fulton. 

22, 23, 24— Fulton and Vesey. 
25, 26— Barclay. 

27— Park Place. 

28, 29— Murray and Warren. 

30 — Chambers. 

31, 32, 33— Duane and Jay. 

34— Harrison. 

36— Franklin. 

36- North Moore. 

37, 38— Beach and Hubert 

39, 40— Vestry and Watts. 

41 — Hoboken. 

42— Canal. 

43, 44— Spring. 

46— Charlton. 

46-King. 

47— West Houston. 

48— Clarkson. 

49— Leroy. 

60— Morton. 

51— Christopher. 

52— West 10th. 

63— Charles. 

64— Perry. 

66_West 11th. 

66— Bethune. 

67 — Horatio. 

68 — Gansevoort. 

69— Bogart. 

60— Bloomfield. 

61— Little 12th. 

62, 63— West 13th and 15th. 

EAST RIVER. 

No. Foot of street. 
1^ 2— Whitehall. 
3, 4— Moore and Broad. 
6 to 10— Coenties Slip. 
11, 12, 13— Old Slip. 
14— Jones' Lane. 
15, 16-Wall. 
17— Pine. 
18— Maiden Lane. 
19-Fletcher. 
20, 21-Burling Slip. 
22— Fulton. 

23, 24— Beekman. 
25, 26— Peck Slip. 
27, 28-Dover. 
29, 30— Roosevelt. 
31, 32— James Slip. 



33— Oliver. 

34, 35, 38— Catharine. 

37, 38, 39— Market. 

40, 41, 42-Pike. 

43, 44, 45-Rutger3. 

46, 47 -Jeflersou. 

48, 49— Clinton. 

50— Montgomery. 

61, 52— Gouverneur. 

63— Jackson. 

64— Corleara. 

55— Cherry. 

66, 67— Broome. 

58, 69— Delancy. 

60, 61— Rivington. 

62— Stanton. 

63— Third. 

64— Filth. 

65— Sixth. 

66— Seventh. 

67-Eighth. 

68— Ninth. 

69, 70— E. 10th and 11th. 



FERRIES. 



Astoria, foot E. 92d street. Reached 

by Second and Third av. ears, and 

Piers 22 and 24, E. R. 
Brooklyn, Catharine Slip to Main street. 

By Second av. cars. 
Brooklyn, loot Fulton to Fulton street. 

By Fifth av. stages and Bleecker 

street cars. 

Brooklyn, foot Wall to Montague street. 
By Wall street and Broadway stages. 

Brooklyn, foot Whitehall to Atlantic 
street. By Broadway stages, etc. 

Brooklyn (Williamsburg), foot Roosevelt 
to South 7th street. 

Brooklyn (Williamsburg), foot E. Hous- 
ton to Grand street. 

Brooklyn (Williamsburg), foot Grand to 
Grand street, and to South 7th street. 

Bull's Ferry and Fort Lee, Pier 51, N. R. 

Conununipaw, foot Liberty street. 

Greenpoint, foot E. 10th street, and foot 
E. 23d street. 

Hamilton Av., foot Whitehall to Atlantic 
Dock. 

Hoboken, foot Barclay street, N. R. 

Hoboken, foot Christopher street, N. R. 

Hunter's Point, foot E. 34th to Ferry 
street. 

Hunter's Point, James slip, E. R., to 
Ferry street. 

Jersey City, foot Cortlandt to Montgom- 
ery street. By 2d street and Broad- 



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103 



way stages, Grand street and Belt 

Line railroads. 
Jersey City, foot Desbrosses to Exchange 

Place. Grand street and Belt Line 

railroads. 
Mott Haven, Pier 24, E. R. 
Pavonia, foot Chambers and 23d streets, 

N. R., to Long Dock. 
Staten Island (Quarantine, Stapleton, 

and Vanderbilt's Landing), foot 

Whitehall street. By Broadway 

stages to South Ferry. 
Staten Island, Pier 19, N. R. 
Weehawken, foot W. 42d street. 



COLLEGES IN NEW YORK. 

LITERARY. 

Columbia, E. 49th street, bet. Foiirth and 

Fifth avs. Reached by Third or Sixth 

av. cars to 49th street. 
Theological Seminary of the Protestant 

Episcopal Church, W. 20th street, bet. 

Ninth and Tenth avs. Ninth av. cars. 
House of the Evangelists, 52 Seventh 

street. Seventh av. cars. 

New York, 23d street and Fourth av. 
Third and Fourth av. cars to 23d 
street. 

New York College of Dentistry, 21st street 

and Broadway. Broadway cars and 

stages. 
Physicians and Surgeons, 23d street and 

Fourth av. 42d street or Fourth av. 

cars. 
Rutgers Female, 489 Fifth av. Fifth av. 

stages. 
St. Francis Xavier, 49 W. 15th street. 

Sixth av. cars. 
St. Louis, 232 W. 42d street. Seventh and 

Eighth av. cars. 
University, Washington Square, cor. 

Waverley Place. Broadway cars. 
Union Theological Seminary, 9 University 

Place. Broadway and University 

Place cars. 



Bellevue, 26th street and First av. First 

and Second av. cars to 26th street. 
Eclectic, 223 E. 26th street. First or 

Second av. cars to 26th street. 
Hahnemann, 3 E. 23d street. Fifth av. 

stages. 
Homoeopathic Medical Society, Third av. 

and 23d street. Third av. cars. 



Hom(Bopathic, Third av. and 23d street. 
Third and Fourth av. cars. 

Hygeia Therapeutic, 95 Sixth av. Sixth 
av. cars. 

Medical College for Women, 187 Second av. 
Second av. cars. 

New York Free Medical, for Women, 51 St. 
Mark's Place. Second av. cars. 

Pharmacy, University Building. Broad- 
way cars. 

University, 26th street, opposite Belle- 
vue Hospital. First and Second av. 
cars. 

Veterinary, 205 Lexington av. Fourth 
av. cars. 



HOSPITALS IN NEW YORK. 

Bellevue, foot of E. 28th street. First 

and Second av. cars. 
Children's, E. 51st street, near Third av. 

Third av. cars. 
German, Fourth av. cor. E. 77th street. 

Third av. cars. 

Hahnemann, 807 E. 55th street. Third 
av. cars. 

Manhattan Eye and Ear, 233 E. 34th 

street. Third av. cars. 
Metropolitan Throat, 17 Stuyvesant street. 

Second and Third av. cars. 
Mount Sinai, Lexington av. and 66th 

street. Madison and Fourth av. cars. 
New York. Office, 8 W. 16th street. Fifth 

av. Stages, or Sixth av. cars. 
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, 218 Sec- 
ond av. First and Second av. cars. 
New York Infirmary for Women and Chil- 
dren, 5 Livingston Place. First and 

Second av. cars. 
New York Ophthalmic, Third av. cor. 23d 

street. Third av. cars. 
New York Ophthalmic Aural, 46 E. 12th 

street. Broadway stages or Fourth 

av. cars. 
N. Y State, for Diseases of the Nervous 

System, St. Mark's Place, Second av. 

Second av. cars. 
Nursery and Child's. Lexington av. cor. 

E. 51st street. Third av. cars. 
Presbyterian, E. 70th street. Fourth av. 

Third or Fourth av. cars. 
Roosevelt. W. 59th street, near Ninth av. 

Eighth av. or Belt Line cars. 
Seamen's Fund and Retreat, Staten Island. 

Office, 12 Old Slip. 
St. Elizabeth's. 225 W. Slst street. 

Eighth av. cars. 



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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK. 



St, Francis, 609 Fifth av. Fourth av. 

cars. 
St. Luke's, 54th street and Fifth av. 

Sixth av. cars. 
St. Mary's, for children, 407 W. 34th 

street. Eighth and Ninth av. cars. 
Strangers, Av. D, cor. 10th street. Av. 

D line cars. 
St. Vincent, 195 11th street. Sixth or 

Seventh av. cars. 
Ward's Island, Ward's Island. OflSce, 

Castle Garden, Battery. 
West Side, for Throat and Eye Diseases, 

282 Eighth av. Eighth av. cars. 
Woman's, Fourth av. and E. 50th street. 

Third av. cars. 
The Morgue, foot of 26th street. East 

River. 



DISPENSARIES. 

Central, 934 Eighth av. Eighth av. cars. 
Demilt, 401 Second av. First and Sec- 
ond av. cars. 
Eastern, 57 Essex street. East Broadway 

cars. 
Eclectic, 223 E. 26th street. Third or 

Second av. cars. 
German, 65 St. Mark's Place. Third or 

Fourth av. cars. 
German, West Side, 332 W. 40th street. 

Ninth av. cars. 
Harlem, 188 E. 122d street. Second and 

Third av. cars. 
Hoffman, 153 W. 28th street. Seventh 

av. cars. 
Homoeopathic, 59 Bond street. Broadway 

stages, or Third or Fourth av. cars. 

New York Ear, 36th street and Ninth av. 

Ninth av. cars. 
New York, for Children, 406 E. 15th 

street. Third or Second av. cars. 

New York, for Diseases of Skin, 101 E. 
30th street. Third av. cars. 

New York, Tumor, 101 E. 30th street. 
Third av. cars. 

New York, cor. White and Centre streets. 
Fourth av. cars. 

New York, Cancer and Hospital, 468 
Sixth av. Sixth av. cars. 

New York, for Throat and Chest Dis- 
eases, 47 University Place. Univer- 
sity Place cars. 

New York Homoeopathic, 493 Seventh av. 
Seventh av. cars. 



New York Orthopedic, 126 E. 59th street. 

Madison and Third av. cars. 
North Eastern, 222 E. 59th street. Third 

av. cars. 
North Eastern Homoeopathic, 307 E. 55th 

street. First and Second av. cars. 
Northern, Waverley Place, cor. of Chris- 
topher street. Bleecker street cars. 
North Western, 403 W. 36th street. Ninth 

av. cars. 
Western Homoeopathic, 413 W. 42d street. 

Ninth av. cars. 
Western, for Women and Children, 334 

Ninth av. Ninth av. cars. 
Yorkville, 1482 Third av. Third av. cars. 
Yorkville Homoeopathic, 162 E. 84th street. 

Third av. cars. 



SECRET AND BENEFIT 
SOCIETIES. 

AMERICAN MECHANICS. 

Annual Session of State Council, second 
Tuesday in August. Semi-annual 
Session, second Tuesday in February. 

AMERICAN PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. 

The Grand Lodge of S. N. Y. meets on the 
first Monday of June and December. 
Subordinate Lodges meet at 301 W. 
29th, and other places. 

COURT LAFAYETTE, ANCIENT FORESTERS. 

Meets second and fourth Wednesday in 
each month at 114 E 12th. 

DRTJIDS. 

The Grand Grove of Directors S. N. Y. 
meets on the third Sunday in March, 
June, September and December, at 
26 Delancey. 

GERMAN. 

Turn Verein, City of New York, 66 E. 
4th. Meets every Saturday evening. 
Bloomingdale, 341 W. 47th. 



Anshi Amuni. Meets at 146 Norfolk. 

B'nai Berith. Meets at 158 Third av. 

Brith Abraham. Meets every third Sun- 
day in the month at 56 Orchard. 

District Grand Lodge. Meets quarterly, 
at 158 Third av. 

Chehra Bihur Cholim Ukadisha. Meets at 
165 E. Broadway. 

Hebrew Benevolent Fuel Association. 
601 Broadway. 



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105 



Hebrew Benevolent Society. E. 77th, cor. 

Third av. 
Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum 

Society. Meets E. 77th, near Third av. 
Hebrew Free Burial Society, 318 Bleecker. 
Hebrew Free School Association. 318 

Bleecker. 
Hebrew Mutual Benefit Society. Monthly, 

at 145 W. 34th. 
Hebrew Mutual B. and B. Society. 127 

W. 44th., 
Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society. 127 

W. 44th. 
Levi Lodge of F. S., 114 E. 13th. First 

and third Monday in each month. 
The District Grand Lodge of the I. 0. F. S. 

I. of the State of New York meets in 

February and July. 



Grand Lodge S. N. Y., meets annually on 
the first Tuesday in June, at 75 W. 
23d. Masonic Temple. 

Subordinate Lodges meet every even- 
ing at Masonic Temple, 75 W. 23d, 
224 Centre, and other places. 

The Grand Commandery of Knights Tem- 
plars meet on the second Tuesday in 
October, as previously designated. 

The Grand Council of Royal and Select 
Masters meet annually in New York 
on the first Tuesday in October. 

The Grand Royal Arch Chapter meets at 
Albany annually on the first Tuesday 
in February. 

Subordinate Chapters in New York 
City meet 75 W. 23d, 224 Centre, and 
other places. 

Consistory S. P. R. S. . 32d Degree, Rose- 
Croix Chapter, Council of Princes of Jeru- 
salem, Lodge of Perfection, and Cosmo- 
politan Consistory, working Tinder the 
authority of the Supreme Council, 
meet at 75 W. 23d. 

ODD FELLOWS. 

The Grand Lodge meets at New York 
City, on the Tuesday succeeding the 
Third Monday in August. 

The Grand Encampment meets in August 
at New York City. 

Subordinate Lodges and Encampments 
meet at 224 Centre and 274 Grand, 
and other places, every evening. 

ORDER OF HERMANN'S SONS. 

The Grand Lodge meets at 73 Ludlow, on 
the third Sunday in each month. 



I ORDER OF THE SONS OF LIBERTY. 

Grand Lodge of the State of New York 
meets every second Sunday at 52 
Orchard. 

TEMPERANCE. 

The Grand Division of the Sons of Temper- 
ance meets annually in New York 
City on the second Wednesday iu 
November. 

The Grand Temple of Honor, State of New 
York, meets annually in May. 

The Grand Section of the Cadets of Temper- 
ance meets first week in Febrviary, 
May, August and November, the last 
being the annual session. 

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES. 

High Tent meets annually in the City of 
New York. 

New York Tent, No. 2, meets every Sat- 
urday evening at Cottage pi. cor. 
Bleecker. 

Washington Tent, No. 1, meets every 
Tuesday evening. Cottage pi. cor. 
Bleecker. 

BENEVOLENT. 

Ancient Britons' Benevolent Society, 214 

Bowery. 
Ancient Order of Hibernians, 28 Prince. 
Barbanell U. 0. B. B., 114 E. 13th. 
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 
114 E. 13th. 
I Benevolent and Protective Order of Eques- 
I trians, 114 E. 13th. 

Edward Everett U. 0. B. B., meets at 114 
j E. 13th, second and fourth Wednes- 
[ day in each month. 
I Father Mathew T. A. B. Society, 407 
j Second av. 
Germania, meets first and third Thurs- 
day ot each month at 10 Stanton. 
Harugari, meets every second Sunday in 

the month at 52 Orchard. 
Henry Jones 0. U. B. B., meets at 114 
E. 13th, second and fourth Tuesdays 
in each month. 
Italian Benevolent Society, 7 Broadway. 
Lafayette, meets every second and 
fourth Tuesday in each month at 
10 Stanton. 
Life Saving Benevolent Association, 51 

Wall. 
Musical Ben. Society, meets every Friday 

at 10 Stanton. 
N. Y. Typographical Society, 3 Chambers. 



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CENTENNIAL — HOW TO SEE NEW YORK. 



St. David's Benevolent Society, meets at 
214 Bowery. 

Societe Culinaire Philanthropique de New 
York, first Tliursday iu each mouth 
at 12(3 Sixth av. 

Teutonia Ben. Society, meets secoud 
aud fourth Tuesday iu each mouth 
at 10 Stautou. 

Typographical Union, meets first Tues- 
day iu each luouth at 114: E. 13th. 

Typographical, meets at 10 Stanton on 
the hist Saturday of each mouth. 

Workingmen's Ben. Prot. Society (No. 1), 
meet first aud third Tuesday iu each 
mouth at 10 Stautou. 

Young Men's Ben. Society, meets first 
Tuesday iu each mouth at 10 Stanton. 



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FOREIGN CONSULS. 

Argentine Republic— Ed. F. Davison, C. 

(i., Joseph Snyder, V. C, 128 Pearl St. 
Austria.— T. A. Havemeyer, G. G., Hugo 

O. Fritsch, Consul, 33 Broadway. 
Belgium.— Charles Mali, 68 Worth St. 
Brazil.— Louis H. F. d'Aguiar, C. G., 148 

Pearl St. 
Chili.— Stephen Rogers, 249 W. 42d St. 
Colombia.— M. Salgar, 23 William St. 
Costa Rica.— J. M. Muuoz, 52 Pine St. 
Denmark.— Henri Braem, 52 Broadway. 
Dominica.— L. Del Monte, 50 Ex. Place. 
Ecuador. — Jose Jerman Ribou, 52 Pine. 
France.— A. L. de la Forest, C. G., A, 

Jacquemin Ch., 4 Bowling Green. 
German Empire. — H. A. Schumacher, C. 

G.; F. Hinckel, C; Dr. Gerlich, V. C. ; 

2 Bowliug Green. 
Great Britain. — Edward M. Archibald, C. 

G. ; Pierrepout Edwards, V. C. ; Gil- 
bert Eraser, 2d V. C, 17 Broad waj'. 
Greece. — Demetrius N. Botassi, 56 Stone. 
Guatemala.— B. Blanco, 13 S. William St. 
Hawaiian Islands.— S, U. F. Odell, 24 Bea- 
ver St. 
Hayti.— Charles A. Vanbokkeleu, 29 

Front St. 
Honduras.— F. Ansoategui, Consul, 42 

Broadway. 
Italy.— Ferdinando de Luca, C. G., A. 

P. Bajuotti, V. C, 7 Broadway. 
Japan.— Tetsnoske Tomita, V. C, 45 

Exchange Place. 
Mexico.— Juan Navarro, 52 Exchange pi. 
Monaco. — Leon Dejardiu, i Bowling 

Green. 
Netherlands.— Rudolph C. Burlage, C.G., 

45 Exchange Place. 
Nicaragua.— Alexander J. Cotheal, C. G., 

59 William; J. R. de la Esprielle, C, 

52 Pine St. 
Norway.— C. Bors. C, J. W. Tornoe, V. 

C, 18 Exchange Place. 
Paraguay.— R. R. Barthold, C. G., 40 

Stoue St. 
Peru.— J. C. Tracy, 39 Broadway. 
Portugal. — Gustave Amsinck, C. G., 148 

Pearl St. 
Russia. — Waldmar de Bodisco, C. G., 52 

Exchange Place ; Vice-Cousul, Hermau 

Baltzer. 
Spain.— Hipolito de Uriarte, C. G. ; J. 

Periguak. V. C. ; M. S. de Suarez, 

Secretary ; 29 Broadway. 



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107 



Sweden. -C. Bors, C, J. W. Tornoe, V. 

C, 18 Exchauge Place. 
Switzerland.— Jacob Bei-tschmann, C., 60 

Wall St., Adrick Iseliu, V. C, 48 Wall. 

Turkey.— Edward Sherer, Acting Con- 
sul, 122 Front St. 

Uruguay.— Edwin C. B. Garcia, C. G., A. 

D. Valentine, V. C, 76 Wall St. 
Venezuela. -Herman Rudolfo Jany, 35 

Broadway. 



ASYLUMS AND HOMES. 

Association for Benefit of Colored Orphans 
Boulevard, W. 143d st. By 8th av. 
cars. 

Association for Improved Instruction of 
Deaf Mutes, 642 7tli av. By 7tli av. 
cars. 

Babies' or Infants' Home, 24 Clinton pi. 
By Christopher st. Ferry cars. 

Baptist Home for the Aged, E. 68th st. and 
Lexington av. By 4th av. cars. 

Bloomingdale (Insane), Boulevard, cor. 
W. H7th St. By 8th av. cars. 

Chapin Home for Aged and Infirm, Lexing- 
ton av. and 66th st. By Madison and 
4th av. cars. 

Children's Fold, 157 E. 60th st. By 3d 
av. cars. 

Chiistian Home for Women, 314 E. 15th 

St. By 3d or 4th av. cars. 
Colored Orphan Asylum, office cor. 11th 

St. and 3d av. By 3d av. cars. 
Colored Home, foot 66th st., E. R. By 1st 

and 2d av. cars. 
Deaf and Dumb, E. 162d st. Hudson River 

Railroad or 8th av. cars. 
Dry Nursery, 118 W. 20th st. By 6th av. 

cars. 
Emigrants' Refuge and Hospital, Ward's 

Island. By ferry foot E. 110th st. 
Five Points House of Industry, 155 Worth 

St. By 2d, 3d, or 4th av. cars. 
Five Points Mission, 61 Park st. 4th av. 

cars. 
Free Dormitory for Women, 54 W. 3d st. 

By University pi. and 6th av. cars. 
Girls' Lodging House, 27 St. Mark's pi. 

By 2d av. and Cross Town cars. 
Hebrew Orphan, 77th st., near 3d av. By 

3d av. cars. 
Helping Hand for Men, 316 Water st. By 

South St. cars 
HoTie for Aged and Infirm Deaf Mutes, 220 

E. 13th St. By 3d av. cars. 



Home for the Aged, 445 W. 32d st. By 
i 8th av. carsi. 

I Home for the Aged of the Church of Holy 
Communion, 330 6th av. By 6th av. 
1 cars. 

I Home for the Friendless (female and chil- 
dren), 32 E. 30th St. By 4th av. cars. 

Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews, 822 
Lexington av. By Madison av. cars. 

Home for Friendless Women, 86 W. 4th st. 
By University pi. cars. 

Home for Friendless Girls, 41 7th av. and 
86 W. 4th St. By 7th av. and Univer- 
sity pi. cars. 

Home for Young Women, 27 Washington 

sq. By Broadway cars. 
Home for Incurables, Fordham. By Har- 
lem Railroad. 
Home or Female Department Prison Associ- 
ation, 191 10th av. By Central Park, 

N. R. 10th av. cars. 
Home for the Aged (under the auspices 

of the Guild of St. Paul's), 127 Cedar 

St. By Broadway stages. 
Home for the Aged (under the charge of 

the Little Sisters ol the Poor), foot of 

E. 70th St. By South st. or 2d av. cars. 
Home for Old Men and Aged Couples, 487 

Hudson st. By 8th av. cars. 
House of Mercy (Prot. Epis.), foot W. 86th 

St. By 8th av. cars to 86th st. 
House of the Good Shepherd, foot E. 90th 

St. By Astoria Ferry cars. 
House of Mercy, Houston and Mulberry. 

By Bleecker and Fulton Ferry cars. 
House of Refuge, Randall's Island. By 

boat from Pier 26 E. R. 
Howard Mission, 40 New Bowery. By 2d 

or 3d av. and Dry Dock cars. 
Institution of Ladies' Union Aid Society of 

Methodist Episcopal Church, 255 W. 42d 

St. By 8th av. cars. 
Institution for Blind, cor. 9th av. and 34th 

St. 9th av. cars. 
Leake and Watts' Orphan Home, cor 9th av. 

and 111th st. By 8th av. cars. 
Lunatic, cor. 10th av. and 117th st. By 

8th av. cars. 
Lying-In for Destitute Females, 85 Marion 

St. By Broadway stages to Prince st. 
Lying-in Asylum, and Infant's Home. Lex- 
ington av., cor. E. 51st st. By 3d av. 
cars. 
Magdalene, cor. 88th st. and 5th av. By 

Madison av. cars. 
Midnight Mission, 260 Greene st. By 

Broadway cars. 



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CENTENNIAL HOW TO SEE NEW YORK. 



National Home for Disabled Soldiers, 171 

Broadway. By Broadway stages. 
New York Foundling Asylum, E. (58tli st. 

aud 3d av. By 3d av. cars. 
New York Juvenile, 176th st., 10th av. 

By 8th av. cars. 
News Boys' Lodging-House, cor. "William 

aud New Chambers sts. 
Orphan, Bloomiugdale road, 74:tli st. 

By 8th av. cars. 
Orphan (colored), Boulevard, near W. 

143d St. By Hudson River Railroad. 
Orphan Home of Prot. Episcopal Church, 

49th St., near Lexington av. By 3d 

av. cars. 
Orphan, of St. Vincent de Paul. 211 W. 39th 

St. i3y 8th or 9th av. cars. 
Presbyterian Home for Aged Women, E. 

73d St., near Madison av. By 3d av. 

cars. 
Protestant Half Orphan, 65 W. 10th st. 

By 6th av. cars. 
Protestant House of Mercy, toot W. 86th 

st. By 8th av. cars. 
Respectable Aged Indigent Females, 226 E. 

2Uth St. By 2d av. cars. 
Roman Catholic Orphan Girls, Prince and 

Mott sts., and Madison av. and 51st 

St. By 4th av. cars. 
Roman Catholic Orphan Boys, 51st st. and 

5th av. By 6th av. cars. 
Sailors' Home, 190 Cherry st. 
Sailors' Snug Harbor, Staten Island. By 

Staten Island Ferry, North Shore. 
Shelter for Respectable Girls, 332 6th av. 

By 6th av. cars. 
Shepherd's Fold, E. 88th st., near 2d av. 

By 2d av. cars. 
St. Barnabas House, 304 Mulberry st. 
St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 209 W. 

15th St. By 8th av. cars. 
St. Joseph's Industrial School, E. 81st st. 

and Madison av. By Madison av. 

cars. 
St. Luke's Home for Indigent Christian Fe- 
males, Madison av. cor 89th st. By 

Madison av. cars. 
St. Stephen's Home, 145 E. 28th st. By 

4th av. cars. 
Samaritan Home for the Aged, W. 14th st., 

near 9th av. By 9th av. cars. 
Temporary Home for Women, 133 Mac- 

dougal st. Various car routes. 
Trinity Chapel Home for Aged Women, 207 

W. 27th St. By 8th av. cars. 
Water St. Mission Home for Women, 273 

Water st. By South st. cars. 



CEMETERIES. 

Calvary.— Office 266 Mulberry St., N. Y. 
Located near Newtown. L. I,, 2>^ 
miles from 10th St. Ferry. Reached 
by Grand St. and Newtown Railroad, 

City.— Office E. 11th St., cor. 3d Av., N. 
Y. On Hart's Island. Bv Ferry from 
foot 110th St. 

Cypress Hills.— Offices, 124 Bowery and 
744 Broadway, N. Y. Located on Myr- 
tle Avenue and Jamaica Plank Road, 
five miles from Williamsburg Fer- 
ries. By Cars from Houston, South 
7th St., Fulton, and Atlantic Ferries. 

Evergreens. — Office at Cemetery. Loca- 
ted about 3 miles east of Brooklyn, L. 
I., on the Bushwick Road, and reached 
by Cars from Fulton Ferry. 

Greenwood. — Office 30 Broadway, N. Y- 
Located on Gowauus Heights. Brook- 
lyn, L. I., 3 miles from Fulton, aud 2 
miles from Hamilton Avenue Ferries. 
Reached by Cars from both Ferries. 

Lutheran.— Office, 293 Broadway, N. Y. 
On the Jamaica Turnpike, near Mid- 
dle Village, L. I., 4 miles from the 
"Williamsburg Ferries. Reached by 
Railroad from South 7th St. Ferry, 
"WiUiamsburg. 

Machpelah.— Office, 160 W. 24th St., N.Y. 
Located at New Durham, Hudson Co., 
N. J., one mile from Weehawken Fer- 
ry, loot of 42d St. 

Marble.- Office. 65 Second St., N. Y. Lo- 
cated in 2d Street, between 1st and 2d 
Avenues. Reached by the 2d Avenue 
Cars. 

Mount Olivet. — James Maurice, 67 'Wall 
St., N. Y. Located near Maspeth, L. 
I., S}'i miles from Grand aud Houston 
St. Ferries. Reached by Metropolitan 
Avenue Cars from South 7th Street 
Ferry, Williamsburg. 

New York Bay.— Office, 5 Ley St., N. Y. 
Located on the west bank of New 
York Bay, 2>^ miles below Jersey City. 
Reached by Cars from Jersey City 
Ferry. 

Trinity Church.— Office. 187 Fulton St., 
N. Y. Located at 155th St. and 10th 
Avenue. Reached by Hudson River 
Railroad. 

Union.— Office, 192 Rivington St., N. Y. 
Located near "Wyckoff Avenue, Brook- 
lyn. L. I., 3>^ miles from Division 
Avenue and Grand Street Ferry. 

Woodlawn.— Office, 48 E. 23d St. Situated 
in Westchester Co., 7 miles fmm Har- 
lem Bridge. Reached by Harlem 
Railroad. 



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The Erie Railway is famed for its beautiful scenery. From its cars good views 
can be obtained of the Ramapo Valley— first called " The Switzerland of America," 
by Willis. Of the Delaware River, the Susquehanna Valley and River, the Starrucca 
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Full information of Rates and Routes cheerfully given at Company's Offices, 
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Cash Assets, - - $31,000,000 
Annual Income, - 8,000,000 

[^~ See Picture of this Company's Building on Page 56.] 

The New- York Lite Insurance Compajsy has been doing business for thirty- 
one 3'ears, and now offers to those desiring insurance all the advantages that great 
experience, a well-established business and reputation, and carefiuly perfected 
plans, can afford. 

During the last 31 years this Company has issued over 120,000 policies, 
received over 64 million dollars in Premiums, and paid over 33 millions in Death- 
Claims, Cash Dividends and Return Premiums, Its present Assets are 31 million 
dollars, securely invested and rapidly increasing. 

The large amount of Assets now held by the Company, the large number of 
policies in force on carefully selected lives in the most healthful parts of Korth 
America and Em-ope, and the long experience of its officers and managers, place its 
stability and future prosperity beyond a doubt. Having no capital st^ck or stock- 
holders, its policy-holders receive their insurance at its actual cost, and reap all the 
advantages of insurance in a company in which expenses and death-losses are 
reduced to the minimum. 

The New- York Life has been progressive as well as pnident, and has proved 
itself the friend of the unfortunate in the methods by which it has secured the 
benefits of life insurance to the people. The entire system of non-forfeiture 
policies, by which millions of dollars have been saved to policy-holders, originated 
with this company in 1860: and in 1871 it so combined the Tontine principle in the 
distribution of surplus with the principle of instirance as to obviate many of the 
objections heretofore made against life insurance. It has received the unqualified 
approval of the ablest actuaries and the most experienced business men. 

The managers of the New- York Life need give no better promise for the 
future of the company than is found in its past success. Persons who desire 
insurance, and value age, experience, and approved methods, as a guaranty of 
successful results, are invited to examine the claims of the Company to their 
confidence and support. 

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WTLIilAM H. BEERS, Tice-Pres. and Actuary, 

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D, O'DELL, Supt. of Agencies. 

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has brought within the 
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Pioneers in this great 
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and Mme. Demorest, whose 
business connections now 
extend throughout the 
civilized world, and has 
steadily grown until it has 
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their great emporiums in 
Paris and New York designs 
are sent out to agencies 
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America, and so general is 
their use that, besides Eng- 
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are adopted by the elite of 
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such high artistic skill. 
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the beautiful been so effec- 
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as a commercial enterprise 
best illustrates the progress 
of the age and the civiliza- 
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Associated ^vith the house 
is one of the largest print- 
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